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Your question sounds a bit wrong, so I assume you mean "What type of thermometer is used to measure body temperature"
The answer:
you can use...
a) a normal clinical thermometer
b) a digital clinical thermometer
c) a forehead thermometer (i.e. FeverTemp)
d) ear thermometer (more precise but more expensive)
I hope that answers your question.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoOral Thermometer
- When people think of a thermometer, they may think of the traditional glass thermometer placed in the mouth. Today, most oral thermometers are digital and made of some sort of plastic. These are used by placing the thermometer under the tongue and waiting for the alert that the reading is complete. Some oral thermometers can also be used as rectal thermometers.
Tympanic Thermometer
- Tympanic thermometers are used by inserting the thermometer into the ear. The thermometer has a cone shaped to fit inside the ear canal. However, according to Consumer Reports, this type of thermometer is not accurate in young children and must be perfectly aligned to get an accurate temperature.
Forehead Thermometer
- Forehead, or temporal, thermometers take a temperature reading through an infrared scan of the temporal artery in the forehead. Some temporal thermometers work through rolling the scanner over the forehead, calculating the temperature based on the heat detected.
Basal Thermometer
- A basal thermometer is used by women tracking ovulation through changes in temperature. It is an extremely sensitive thermometer that records temperatures to 0.1 degree Fahrenheit increments, rather than 0.2 degree Fahrenheit increments.
Pacifier Thermometer
- Another option for young children is the pacifier thermometer. This thermometer is shaped like a pacifier and after your child sucks on it for about 90 seconds, an oral temperature is taken
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∙ 12y agoNo, we can not use a lab thermometer for measuring body temperature because the medical thermometer is a specific thermometer regarding the temperature range, gradations, accuracy, form, dimension.
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∙ 15y agoGerold Heddrick was the very fisrt to use the thermometer to measure body temperature.
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Why do you keep thermometer under the tongue?
Measuring body temperature by keeping thermometer under the tongue is a convenient standardfor measuring one's body temperature. Other places used for keeping the thermometer includethe armpit and the rectum.
Why do you keep a thermometer under the tongue?
Measuring body temperature by keeping thermometer under the tongue is a convenient standardfor measuring one's body temperature. Other places used for keeping the thermometer includethe armpit and the rectum.
Different kinds of thermometer and their uses?
Different types of thermometer and their uses 1. liquid-in-glass thermometer: weather recording and laboratory uses. (Temperature sensor: laboratory uses.<--this may not count as one of the thermometers XD ) 2. infra-red thermometer: measuring body temperature. 3. rotary thermometer: measuring the temperature of ovens and freezers. 4. resistance thermometer: measuring temperatures from -200 degree C to 1000 degree C, e.g. engines and ovens, etc. 5. thermistor thermometer: measuring the temperature of human body and electrical appliances. 6. liquid crystal thermometer: measuring the temperature of human body and fish tanks. ( the color of liquid crystal changes with temperature.)
How can you measure a body temperature?
What kind of thermometer you use to measure the body temperature
Why measuring the temperature of an object by feeling is unreliable?
Measuring the temperature because will tell if you need a jacket or coat or nothing on your body.
Why is the laboratory thermometer is not suitable for measuring human body temperature?
why can't we use laboratary termometer to measure human body temprature
What is a fever thermometer?
a fever thermometer, is a thermometer that you can use to check your body temperature.
Why is a temperature sensor more of an advantage than using a thermometer?
a temperature semsor is more accurate at measuring things like body heat
What instrument is used for measuring heat?
A thermometer - body Temperature bolometer - an instrument that measures heat radiation calorimeter - a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat
What instrument measures body temperature?
A thermometer is used to meusure your body temperature either it can be clinical thermometer or digital thermometer.
Which thermometer would you use to measure the temperature of the body temperature of a patient?
Clinical thermometer
What is the thermometer most commonly used for?
measuring heat..."thermo" as in "thermal" means heat, and a meter is a measuring device...so a thermo-meter or a thermometer is a device that measures heat.
