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Question
How does a clinical thermometer differ from the thermometer used in the laboratory?
Solution
Differences between Clinical thermometers and Laboratory thermometers:
| Clinical thermometer | Laboratory thermometer |
| i. At home, this thermometer is used. It is primarily used to determine human body temperature. | i. This thermometer is specifically designed for measuring the temperature of all things other than the human body. |
| ii. The temperature range of a clinical thermometer is only 35ºC to 42ºC. | ii. The temperature range of a laboratory thermometer is -10ºC to 110ºC. |
| iii. A clinical thermometer has a kink. | iii. A kink does not exist in a laboratory thermometer. |
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