fomes
[ foh-meez ]
/ ˈfoʊ miz /
noun, plural fom·i·tes [fom-i-teez, foh-mi-] /ˈfɒm ɪˌtiz, ˈfoʊ mɪ-/.
Usually fomites. Pathology. any agent, as clothing or a door handle, that is capable of being contaminated with and then transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
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Also called fo·mite [foh-meet] /ˈfoʊ mit/.
Origin of fomes
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin fōmes “kindling wood, tinder,” akin to fōvēre “to keep warm”
Words nearby fomes
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Example sentences from the Web for fomes
Similar punk is sometimes formed in conifers from the mycelium of Fomes pinicola.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis AtkinsonFigure 15 illustrates one of these peculiar forms of Polyporus (Fomes) applanatus.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis AtkinsonThis 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 plural -mites (-mɪtiːz)
med any material, such as bedding or clothing, that may harbour pathogens and therefore convey disease
Word Origin for fomes
C18: from Latin fōmes tinder
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Medical definitions for fomes
fomes
[ fō′mēz ]
n. pl. fom•i•tes (fŏm′ĭ-tēz′, fō′mĭ-)
Fomite.
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