Look up: fomite

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   Fomite
   An article or substance, other than food, which can harbour and carry micro-organisms and transmit them from one animal to another, thus disseminating a disease.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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   fomite
   [n] - any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious organisms from one person to another
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   Fomite
   Modern term that means the same as fomes
   Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc
   
   
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   fomite
   <microbiology> An inanimate object which, when contaminated with a viable pathogen (bacterium, virus, etc.) can transfer the pathogen to a host. ... (12 Nov 1997) ...
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   Fomite
   A `fomite` is any inanimate object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms (such as germs or parasites) and hence transferring them from one individual to another. A fomite can be anything such as a cloth or mop heads so when cleaning this is important to remember that this could aid when spreading pathogenic organisms. There are many examples of fomites with respect to medicine. Contaminated shoes may spread hoof and mouth disease...
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   fomite
   (fo´mīt) an inanimate object or material on which disease-producing agents may be conveyed.
   Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
   
   
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   fomite
   (from the article `infectious disease`) ...can be conveyed to the second child. Many such objects—a handkerchief or a towel, for example—may convey infection under favourable conditions, ... During most of the 19th century it had been widely held that yellow fever was spread by fomites—i.e., articles such as bedding and c...
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   fomite
   Syn: fomes [L. fomitis, gen. of fomes. See fomes.]
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