fomes

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfəʊmiːz/    美 /ˈfoʊ.miːz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Morbid matter created by a disease. obsolete
    — If this putrid ferment could be more immediately corrected, a stop would probably be put to the flux, and the fomes of the disease likewise removed.
  2. Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people. archaic
    — Toys are common fomites.
  3. Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious. archaic,figuratively
    — Naturall tempers... prove a great Fomes of sinne.

词形变化

fomites plural

词源

From medical Latin fōmes (“fomite”), a figurative extension of its original sense of kindling, tinder, etc. Gradually supplanted in use by fomite, a mistaken backformation of its plural form fomites, from Latin fōmitēs.
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