fomites

noun

Meaning

The morbid matter created by a disease.
Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.
An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

entamoeba(English)chlamydia trachomatis(English)schistosome(English)enterobacteria(English)pinworms(English)aspergillus fumigatus(English)amoebiasis(English)prokaryote(English)

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Sources

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