fomes

n. 传毒物(如病人衣物床褥等)

发音

UK /ˈfəʊmiːz/
US /ˈfoʊ.miːz/

词形变化

fomites 复数 fomites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The morbid matter created by a disease.

    废旧 医学
  2. 2.

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

    古体 医学

    Toys are common fomites.

  3. 3.

    Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.

    古体 比喻

词源

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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