FOMES

Meaning of FOMES in English

(n.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

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FOMES — ˈfō(ˌ)mēz noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, touchwood, tinder; akin to Latin fovēre to warm : a genus …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOMES — noun any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are …
Webster English vocab
FOMES — (специальное) грибы-возбудители гнилей древесины (медицина) предмет, передающий инфекцию (простыня, книга и т. п.)
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FOMES — n ( pl fomites) 1. спец. грибы-возбудители гнилей древесины 2. мед. предмет, передающий инфекцию ( простыня, книга и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOMES — (n) грибы-возбудители гнилей древесины
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FOMES — (a) передающий инфекцию предмет
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FOMES — n ( pl fomites) 1. спец. грибы-возбудители гнилей древесины 2. мед. предмет, передающий инфекцию ( простыня, книга и т. п. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FOMES — n ( pl fomites) 1. спец. грибы-возбудители гнилей древесины 2. мед. предмет, передающий инфекцию ( простыня, книга и т. п. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOMES — (специальное) грибы-возбудители гнилей древесины (медицина) предмет, передающий инфекцию (простыня, книга и т. п.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOMITE — (fó-) n 1. tinder; 2. [Med.] fomes; fomites [Med.] fomites
Interlingua English vocab
AGARIC — noun Etymology: Latin ~um, a fungus, from Greek agarikon Date: 15th century the dried fruiting body of a fungus ( …
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PUNK — I. ˈpəŋk noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown; in sense 2, probably partly from punk (III) 1. archaic : …
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AGARIC — I. ˈagərik, ˈaig-; əˈgarik, -ēk also -ˈger- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin agaricum, a fungus, from Greek agarikon 1. …
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WHITE ROT — noun 1. : any of several plants (as marsh pennywort and butterwort) formerly held to produce rot in sheep 2. …
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TINDER FUNGUS — noun : a fungus that is a source of punk ; especially : a destructive pore fungus ( Fomes fomentarius …
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SURGEON'S AGARIC — noun : a preparation in the form of a powder or thick feltlike sheets of an agaric ( Fomes fomentarius …
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RED-BROWN ROT — noun : a fungous decay of conifers and various deciduous plants caused by a pore fungus ( Fomes pinicola )
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PURGING AGARIC — noun Etymology: from present participle of purge (I) : a common white pore fungus ( Fomes officinalis ) of Europe …
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POLYPORACEAE — pəˌlipəˈrāsēˌē; ˌpälēp-, ˌpälə̇p- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Polyporus, type genus + -aceae : a family of …
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HEARTROT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several rots involving the central part of a plant or plant organ: as a. : …
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GANODERMA — ˌganōˈdərmə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from gano- + -derma in some classifications : a genus of bracket fungi …
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FOMITES — ˈfäməˌtēz, ˈfōm- noun plural Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, plural of fomes : inanimate objects (as clothing, dishes, toys, books) …
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BUTT ROT — noun Etymology: butt (VI) : a fungous decay of the basal portion of a tree trunk generally involving primarily the …
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ANABEROGA — ˌanəbəˈrōgə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Malay anabiroga, from anak child + ( ayam ) biroga jungle fowl : a …
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FOMITES — (pl. ) of Fomes
Английский словарь Webster
AMADOU — /am"euh dooh'/ , n. a spongy substance prepared from fungi, Polyporus ( Fomes ) fomentarius and allied species, growing on …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOMITE — noun ( plural fo·mites ˈfō-ˌmīts; ˈfä-mə-ˌtēz, ˈfō-) Etymology: back-formation from fomites, from New Latin, plural of fomit-, fomes, from Latin, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGARIC — noun Etymology: Latin agaricum, a fungus, from Greek agarikon Date: 15th century 1. : the dried fruiting body of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOMITES — pl of fomes.
Webster English vocab
POLYPORALES — the large pore fungus order of fungi (division Mycota) within the class Basidiomycetes. (It is sometimes relegated to family rank, …
Britannica English vocabulary

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