fomites

/F OW1 M AY0 T S/
noun
  1. 1

    The morbid matter created by a disease.

  2. 2

    Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.

noun
  1. 1

    An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts.

Synonyms

fomes

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