📚 Fomites, plural noun. 🔉 /ˈfəʊmɪtiːz/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (Medicine): Objects or materials which are likely to carry infection, such as clothes, utensils, and furniture. ❗️ Examples: 1. Transmission by virus-contaminated hands or fomites is less likely. 2. Moreover, they may contaminate fomites that can transmit the disease to persons who do not have direct contact with the animals. 3. Transmission is by person to person and fomites, such as bedding and clothing. 4. Transmission of dermatophytes also can occur indirectly from fomites. 5. Many viral infections are spread chiefly by aerosol, rather than by fomites or personal contact. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic