Fomes

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounThe morbid matter created by a disease.

2.NounSynonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people.

"Toys are common fomites."

3.NounAnything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.

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