Thanatometer
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thanatometer is a noun meaning (medicine, historical) An instrument for determining whether a person is dead or merely appears so, by measuring the temperature inside the body.
Meaning
(medicine, historical) An instrument for determining whether a person is dead or merely appears so, by measuring the temperature inside the body.
Word Forms
- thanatometers
Synonyms for thanatometer
Depending on context, synonyms include necrometer.
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