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"Laboratory thermometer is used to measure the temperature of all things, except the human body."
Why can't it be used for humans?

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A laboratory thermometer is used to measure the temperature during various experiments. It can measure a wide range of temperature, typically from -10 ⁰C to 110 ⁰C. But this thermometer is not so sensitive to measure human body temperature.
A clinical thermometer measures temperature that lies between 32 ⁰C and 42 ⁰C.

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