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fomites |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fomes \Fo"mes\, n.; pl {Fomites}. [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood, tinder.] (Med.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.
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