A clinical thermometer is made of?

Always mercury based

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Always digital

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It can be either mercury based or digital

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Neither mercury based or digital

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The correct option is C
It can be either mercury based or digital

A clinical thermometer is a small medical thermometer with a short but finely calibrated range, for reading a person's temperature. Mercury-based clinical thermometers have been considered the most accurate liquid-filled thermometer type.

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