fomes

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Morbid matter created by a disease.
2. noun Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people.

   Toys are common fomites.

3. noun Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.

Similar words

genus fomes funge feculence fumosity fumet fumetere fewmet femetary fester fumette

Often followed by

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