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Fomite

nounid 59104·updated May 18, 2026
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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

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
vehicle
plural
Fomites
possessive
Fomite's
pluralpossessive
Fomites'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
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
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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