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‖ fomes|ˈfəʊmiːz|
Pl. fomites |ˈfəʊmɪtiːz|.
[L. fōmes, fōmitis touchwood, tinder.]
†a. The morbific matter (of a disease) (obs.).
b. ‘Any porous substance capable of absorbing and retaining contagious effluvia’ (Mayne).
1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 554 If this putrid ferment could be more immediately corrected, a stop would probably be put to the flux, and the fomes of the disease likewise removed. 1803Med. Jrnl. X. 213, I cannot say that I have known it spread from fomites. 1851–9A. Bryson in Man. Sc. Enq. 248 Either simply through the medium of the atmosphere or by means of fomites. 1882Quain's Dict. Med. s.v., The most important fomites are bed-clothes, bedding, woollen garments, carpets, curtains, letters, &c.
fig.1658J. Owen Temptation vii. 126 Naturall tempers..prove a great Fomes of sinne. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 327 Concupiscential Fomes, which possess'd The Parents thus, was on their Race impress'd. |