Editing Thermometer (section)

=== Medical ===
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[[File:Kinsa QuickCare Thermometer.jpg|thumb|A Kinsa QuickCare [[smart thermometer]].]]

*[[Medical thermometer#Ear|Ear thermometers]] tend to be an [[infrared thermometer]].
*[[Medical thermometer#Forehead|Forehead thermometer]] is an example of a [[liquid crystal thermometer]].
*[[rectal thermometer|Rectal]] and [[Medical thermometer#Oral|oral]] thermometers have typically been mercury but have since largely been superseded by [[NTC thermistor]]s with a digital readout.<ref>{{cite patent |country=US |number=6854882 |status=Active |title=Rapid response electronic clinical thermometer  |pubdate=2005-02-15 |gdate= |fdate=2002-12-04 |pridate= |inventor=Ming-Yun Chen |invent1= |invent2= |assign1=Actherm Inc. |assign2= |class= |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US6854882B2}}</ref>

Various thermometric techniques have been used throughout history such as the [[Galileo thermometer]] to thermal imaging.<ref name=Ring2007/>
[[Medical thermometer]]s such as mercury-in-glass thermometers, infrared thermometers, [[pill thermometer]]s, and [[liquid crystal thermometer]]s are used in [[health care]] settings to determine if individuals have a [[fever]] or are [[hypothermia|hypothermic]].