Body temperature taken roughly (2,2)

I believe the answer is:

or so

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'roughly' is the definition.
(synonyms)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for or so that I've seen before include "More or less" , "Something like" , "roughly" , "Approximately" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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