FOMITE
- is an object such as a dish, doorknob, or article of clothing that may be contaminated with bacteria or viruses and serve in their transmission.
- an inanimate object that serves to transmit infectious organisms [n FOMITES]
- a substance capable of carrying infection, also FOMES [n -S]
- an object (as a dish or an article of clothing) that may be contaminated with infectious organisms and serve in their transmission