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Noun Concept
Categories: Hygiene, long volume value, Infectious diseases, Medical terminology, Epidemiology
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fomite  vehicle  fomite transmission  fomites  Infectious object
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Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another WordNet 3.0
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Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A fomite or fomes is any inanimate object that, when contaminated with or exposed to infectious agents, can transfer disease to a new host. Wikipedia
Any inanimate object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms Wikipedia Disambiguation
non-living object capable of carrying infectious agents Wikidata
An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts. Wiktionary
Inanimate object capable of transferring infectious agents. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
object
vector
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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fomite, vehicle
Wikipedia
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fomite
Wikidata
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fomite
Wiktionary
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fomite
Wikipedia Redirections
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Fomite (term), fomite transmission, fomites, Infectious object, Infectious surface
Wikidata Alias
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fomites

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