Question

Give one reason for why cannot clinical thermometer be used in the
laboratory

Answer 1

Lab thermometers are designed to measure immediate temperature so upon removing it from a body orifice to read it the temperature reading will change. Clinical thermometers are designed to read and hold the maximum temperature encountered. That's why one supposedly could fake a fever by holding the thermometer on a radiator until it read 105F so you could go to the hospital instead of school.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

A clinical thermometer cannot be used to measure high temperatures because it has been designed to measure only human body temperature which varies over a short range. If a clinical thermometer is used to measure high temperatures, it will get damaged