- clinical thermometer
- clin′ical thermom′etern.med a small thermometer used to measure body temperature•Etymology: 1875–80
From formal English to slang. 2014.
clinical thermometer
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clinical thermometer — n a thermometer for measuring body temperature that has a constriction in the tube above the bulb preventing movement of the column of liquid downward once it has reached its maximum temperature so that it continues to indicate the maximum… … Medical dictionary
clinical thermometer — n. a thermometer for measuring body temperature … English World dictionary
clinical thermometer — noun a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature • Syn: ↑mercury in glass clinical thermometer • Hypernyms: ↑mercury… … Useful english dictionary
clinical thermometer — clinical ther mometer n a ↑thermometer for measuring the temperature of your body … Dictionary of contemporary English
clinical thermometer — noun Date: 1875 a thermometer for measuring body temperature that has a constriction in the tube above the bulb preventing movement of the column of liquid downward once it has reached its maximum temperature so that it continues to indicate the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
clinical thermometer — a small thermometer used to measure body temperature. [1875 80] * * * … Universalium
clinical thermometer — noun (C) a thermometer for measuring the temperature of your body … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
clinical thermometer — /klɪnɪkəl θəˈmɒmətə/ (say klinikuhl thuh momuhtuh) noun an instrument used to determine the body temperature …
mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer — noun a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature • Syn: ↑clinical thermometer • Hypernyms: ↑mercury thermometer, ↑mercury in… … Useful english dictionary
Thermometer — A clinical mercury in glass thermometer … Wikipedia
