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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Fomites (0.00979 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Fomites.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fomite
fomite
n : 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 [syn:
vehicle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fomites
Fomes
\Fo"mes\ (f[=o]"m[=e]z), n.; pl.
Fomites
(f[o^]m"[i^]*t[=e]z). [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood, tinder.]
(Med.)
Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining,
and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen
clothes are said to be active fomites.
[1913 Webster]
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