Medical term:

fomite


fo·mes

, pl.

fom·i·tes

(fō'mēz, fōm'i-tēz),
Objects, such as clothing, towels, and utensils that possibly harbor a disease agent and are capable of transmitting it; usually used in the plural.
Synonym(s): fomite
[L. tinder, fr. foveo, to keep warm]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

fomite

(fō′mīt′)
n.
An inanimate object or substance that is capable of transmitting infectious organisms from one individual to another.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

fomite

Any inanimate or nonpathogenic substance or material (e.g., sheets, surfaces of furniture, papers and so forth), exclusive of food, which may act as a vector for a pathogen.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

fomite

Epidemiology An inanimate object–sheets, clothing, in an environment that may harbor pathogens and thus be a passive vector for infection. See Vector.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fomite

any inanimate object via which pathogenic organisms may be transferred, although it does not support their growth; for example, a book.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

Fomite

An inanimate object that can transmit infectious organisms.
Mentioned in: Otitis Media
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

fomes

 [fo´mēz] (pl. fo´mites) (L.)
an inanimate object or material on which disease-producing agents may be conveyed.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

fom·i·tes

(fō'mi-tēz),
Plural of fomes.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

fomite

Any inanimate or nonpathogenic substance or material (e.g., sheets, surfaces of furniture, papers and so forth), exclusive of food, which may act as a vector for a pathogen.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

fomites

Anything that has been in contact with a person suffering from an infectious disease, and which may transmit the infection to others. Fomites include sheets, towels, dressings, clothes, face flannels, crockery and cutlery, books and papers.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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