Definition of clinical thermometer in US English:
 clinical thermometer
nounˈklinəkəl THərˈmämədər
A small medical thermometer with a short but finely calibrated range, for taking a person's temperature.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Authors of studies and suppliers of clinical thermometers were asked to provide details of other studies.
 -  As required, clinical thermometers are available at all ports, and all passengers entering the city have to complete forms reporting their physical condition.
 -  Omron of Japan donated 6,000 digital clinical thermometers worth 700,000 yuan to China's Ministry of Health to help the country's fight against SARS.
 -  In 1906, Sir Clifford Albutt of Leeds, who introduced the clinical thermometer to medicine, quoted Lloyd Morgan.
 -  When considering the diagnosis, a false sense of reassurance may be given by standard clinical thermometers.
 -  Another adaptation the clinical thermometer has is a small constriction in the tube so the mercury or alcohol cannot return to the bulb until it is reset.
 -  The maximum thermometer is similar to a clinical thermometer used by medical staff.