fomite
An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents, and thus passively enabling…An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples include towels, dishcloths, kitchenware/flatware, and laundry.
Meaning
1 sensesAn inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples include towels, dishcloths, kitchenware/flatware, and laundry.
Fomite, Infektionsträger
возбуди́тельvozbudítelʹ, перено́счикperenósčik, посре́дникposrédnik
- any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
Translations
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Origin
A back-formation from fomites, plural of fomes, a borrowing of medical Latin fōmes (“tindeA back-formation from fomites, plural of fomes, a borrowing of medical Latin fōmes (“tinder, kindling”), used figuratively to evoke the analogy of a spreading infection to a spreading fire.
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