Значення

значень: 3

  1. (застаріле)Morbid matter created by a disease.

  2. (архаїчне)Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people.

    Toys are common fomites.

  3. (архаїчне, переносно)Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.

Ще визначення
  • genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees

Походження

From medical Latin fōmes (“fomite”), a figurative extension of its original sense of kindl

From medical Latin fōmes (“fomite”), a figurative extension of its original sense of kindling, tinder, etc. Gradually supplanted in use by fomite, a mistaken backformation of its plural form fomites, from Latin fōmitēs.

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Форми

множина: fomites
Однинаfomes
Множинаfomites

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Синоніми

синонімів: 2
fomite
Близькі за значенням
  • genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees:genus Fomes

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
follyB2fomentfondB1fondle
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