Medical Dictionary
thermometer
noun ther·mom·e·ter \thə(r)-ˈmäm-ət-ər\
Medical Definition of THERMOMETER
: an instrument for determining temperature that usually consists either of a device providing a digital readout or of a glass bulb attached to a fine tube of glass with a numbered scale and containing a liquid (as mercury or colored alcohol) that is sealed in and rises and falls with changes of temperature
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