fomes

Definitions

1. The morbid matter created by a disease.
   obsolete
2. Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people.
   archaic
3. Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.
   archaic, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Toys are common fomites.”

“I cannot say⟳ that I have⟳ known it spread⟳ from fomites.”

“Naturall tempers... prove⟳ a great Fomes of sinne.”

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