Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fomes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fomes \Fo"mes\, n.; pl. {Fomites}. [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood,
tinder.] (Med.)
Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining,
and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen
clothes are said to be active fomites.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Fomes
n : genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial
shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some
that cause destructive heartrot in trees [syn: {Fomes}, {genus
Fomes}]
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