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The Clue

What a thermometer may measure (5 letter answer)

The Answer

FEVER

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Notes

The answer FEVER is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.

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Bad thing to run
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Temperature over 98.6 degrees
It might be run in a hospital

Definition

FEVER as a noun:

1. (fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness) = a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
2. intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"