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An oral thermometer is used for in the mouth and usually under the tongue. A rectal thermometer is used for taking your temperature from your rectum/bottom. They will be label in your grocery store or pharmacy whether there intended for your mouth or rectum.
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How do you check oral temperature?
Oral thermometer
What are the 3 types of thermometer?
The three types of thermometer are oral, rectal and tympanic. The most reliable is the rectal thermometer.
What are the ways of getting the body temperature?
oral thermometer rectal thermometer aural thermometer feeling the forehead with your hand
What kind of instrument is used to measure water temp?
thermometer
How do you measure temp of room without a thermometer I only have a digital oral thermometer?
It is not possible to measure the room temperature with a thermometer. A digital oral thermometer will not work to measure the room temperature. It is meant to measure human temperature, not room temperature. You will need a room thermometer to measure the room temperature.
Why is body temperature can be measured by keeping thermometer under the tongue?
oral temperature oral temperature
What material is the tip of a oral digital thermometer made of?
Plastic
How should a thermometer be inserted when taking an oral temperature when using an electronic thermometer?
under the tongue to the side of the mouth
How should the thermometer be inserted when taking a oral temperature using an electronic thermometer?
under the tongue to the side of the mouth
Different types of thermometers?
Celsius and Fahrenheit Thermometers Clinical Thermometers Ear (Tympanic) thermometers Pacifier Thermometers Underarm or Oral Thermometers Food Thermometers Outdoor Thermometers Mechanism of Different Types of Thermometers Mercury and Alcohol Thermometers Digital Thermometers Alcohol thermometer Beckmann differential thermometer Bi-metal mechanical thermometer Electrical resistance thermometer Galileo thermometer Infrared thermometer Liquid Crystal Thermometer Medical thermometer (e.g. oral thermometer, rectal thermometer, basal thermometer) Mercury-in-glass thermometer
What kind of thermometer is used in clinics and hospital?
digital that you put under your tounge.
Function of bent tube earth thermometer?
The bent tube Earth thermometer is a kind of a measurement that is used for measuring temperature of the earths crust.
