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rectal_thermometer

📅 Updated:2025-01-07
🕒 Created:2025-01-07
🆔 ID:65443

Description

"I'll need to take your temperature. No, not with your mouth."
A medical instrument used to measure a person's body temperature by inserting it into their anus. They are commonly used for infants, young children, and adults who are unable to get their temperature taken with a medical thermometer for their mouth such as being unconscious or they can't take their own temperature.