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plural fomites
(obsolete, medicine) The morbid matter created by a disease. quotations
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.
1773, Gentleman's Magazine, number 43, page 554
(archaic, medicine) Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people. quotations
I cannot say that I have known it spread from fomites.
1803, Medical & Physical Journal, number 10, page 213
(archaic, figurative) Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious. quotations
Naturall tempers... prove a great Fomes of sinne.
1658, John Owen, Of Temptation, page 126