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Definition of Clinical thermometer
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Mercury Thermometer, Mercury-in-glass Thermometer
Medical Definition of Clinical thermometer
1. A small, self-registering thermometer, consisting of a simple scaled glass tube containing mercury, used for taking the temperature of the body. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clinical Thermometer
Literary usage of Clinical thermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1888)
"FERRIS' "PERFECT" clinical thermometer. [(REGISTERED UNDER THE TRADE MARKS' ACT.)
FERRIS St Co.'s "PERFECT CLINICAL." "With Permanent Index, and certificate ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"clinical thermometer. The clinical thermometer that I take pleasure in showing,
records to 0.01° F., and has a magnifying index. The tube has been selected ..."
3. The Metabolism and Energy Transformations of Healthy Man During Rest by Francis Gano Benedict, Thorne Martin Carpenter (1910)
"BODY-TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS WITH clinical thermometer. In much of the earlier
work published from the laboratory at Wesleyan University, the temperature ..."
4. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiological Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1917)
"clinical thermometer. patient breathing slower or faster when he knows the
respirations are being counted. It is always best to count the respirations when ..."
5. Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Old Age by Jean Martin Charcot, Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (1881)
"Importance of the clinical thermometer—Chill in Old People—Temperature-Curves of
Lobar Pneumonia—The Practical Deductions to be made ..."
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