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Although temperature is never properly expressed as a unitless quantity, it is not uncommon in the United States to say something like "You have a temperature of 99.9" which is slang for "You have a core body temperature of 99.9 degrees Fahrenheit."

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98.6 is usual. Fevers should be diagnosed by doctors.

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Not without a qualification added to indicate a temperature scale.

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It can be. In the Celsius scale this is almost boiling

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