Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: fomite
  1. Any inanimate object (as a towel, money, clothing, dishes, books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
    - vehicle

Derived forms: fomites

Type of: article, object, physical object

Encyclopedia: Fomite

Nearest

follow-up
folly
Folsom culture
Fomalhaut
FOMC
foment
fomentation
fomenter
Fomes
Fomes igniarius
fomite
FOMO
Fomor
Fomorian
Fon
fond
fond regard
Fonda
fondant
fondle
fondler