Fomes Definition

noun

(medicine, obsolete) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs.

Woollen clothes are said to be active fomites.
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  • genus Fomes

Other Word Forms of Fomes

Noun

Singular:
fomes
Plural:
fomites

Origin of Fomes

  • Latin fomes, touch-wood, tinder.

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