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fo⋅mes

[foh-meez]
–noun, plural fom⋅i⋅tes [fom-i-teez, foh-mi-] . Usually, fomites. Medicine/Medical.
any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.

Origin:
1650–60; < L fōmes kindling wood, tinder, akin to fōvēre to keep warm
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fomes fo·mes (fō'mēz)
n. pl. fom·i·tes (fŏm'ĭ-tēz', fō'mĭ-)
Fomite.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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