单词 | fomite |
释义 | fomiten. Something that is capable of transferring a disease from one place or individual to another; spec. an object or substance that is contaminated with an infectious agent and capable of transmitting it by direct contact. Cf. fomes n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > morbific principles virusa1400 infection1539 seminary1604 fomes1660 fomite1860 1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. I. x. 369 This must be an efficacious fomite of cutaneous and pectoral disease. 1914 Med. Council 19 363/1 Dust is a fomite. 1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 31 Oct. e1/2 The trouble was that I'd touched too many flu-infested fomites. 2017 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 25 Jan. As for the recommendation that women sleep with a jade egg in their vaginas I would like to point out that jade is porous which could allow bacteria to get inside and so the egg could act like a fomite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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