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Descriptor English: Thermometers
Descriptor Spanish: Termómetros
Descriptor termómetros
Scope note: Instrumentos de medición para determinar la temperatura de la materia. La mayoría de los termómetros utilizados en el campo de la medicina están diseñados para medir la temperatura corporal o para ser usados en el laboratorio clínico. (UMDNS, 1999)
Descriptor Portuguese: Termômetros
Descriptor French: Thermomètres
Entry term(s): Thermometer
Tree number(s): E07.900
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013821
Scope note: Measuring instruments for determining the temperature of matter. Most thermometers used in the field of medicine are designed for measuring body temperature or for use in the clinical laboratory. (From UMDNS, 1999)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 14198
Unique ID: D013821
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/08
Thermometers - Preferred
Concept UI M0021307
Scope note Measuring instruments for determining the temperature of matter. Most thermometers used in the field of medicine are designed for measuring body temperature or for use in the clinical laboratory. (From UMDNS, 1999)
Preferred term Thermometers
Entry term(s) Thermometer



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