mercury-in-glass thermometer

Noun

1.

mercury-in-glass thermometer - thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube Synonyms: mercury thermometer

Beckman thermometer, bulb, clinical thermometer, mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer, thermometer