fomes

[foh-meez] /ˈfoʊ miz/

Word Origin

noun, plural fomites

[fom-i-teez, foh-mi-] /ˈfɒm ɪˌtiz, ˈfoʊ mɪ-/ (Show IPA), Usually, fomites, Medicine/Medical.

any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.

Origin of fomes

Latin

1650-1660

1650-60; < Latin fōmes kindling wood, tinder, akin to fōvēre to keep warm

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Historical Examples

Figure 15 illustrates one of these peculiar forms of Polyporus (fomes) applanatus.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
George Francis Atkinson
Similar punk is sometimes formed in conifers from the mycelium of fomes pinicola.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
George Francis Atkinson
This has been called by many authors in America fomes applanatus or Polyporus applanatus.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise M. E. Hard

British Dictionary definitions for fomes

fomes

/ˈfəʊmiːz/

noun (pl) -mites (-mɪtiːz)

(med) any material, such as bedding or clothing, that may harbour pathogens and therefore convey disease

Word Origin

C18: from Latin fōmes tinder

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fomes in Medicine

fomes fo·mes (fō'mēz)
n. pl. fom·i·tes (fŏm'ĭ-tēz', fō'mĭ-)
Fomite.

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