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a clinical thermometer consists of Mercury(Hg) concealed inside a glass tube with a bulb at the bottom. the bulb portion has the mercury and is thermo-sensitive. owing to the rise in temperature, when kept under the tongue of a patient, the mercury rises over the calibrated tube portion.

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