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Meanings of fomite in English
Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another.
Synonyms
Examples for "vehicle"
Examples for "vehicle"
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Police say initial reports indicate the vehicle's occupant suffered a medical event.
2
That type of vehicle was far too common among the summer visitors.
3
Marathon said vehicle use at the plant is limited to designated areas.
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The EPA said the changes would reduce vehicle costs and boost safety.
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The law allows transport of only seven animals in a 22-foot-long vehicle.
Usage of fomite in English
1
Our fomite-specimens were finding ways to communicate and connive behind our backs.
2
The very idea had been enough to shatter some of the viral-fomite alliances.
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Direct contact between pigs and cattle and fomite transfer between rooms was prevented.
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The fomite logic would eventually demand more, and more-forthe sake of the Cure!
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The discoverer of the first recovered fomite-artifact hovered near the group, granting Hamish a slight nod.
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A battle machine would help one of the crystal fomite factions to win, by eliminating its competition.
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We are still learning about fomite transmission.
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This is the first study to demonstrate the persistence of TV in environmental waters and on fomite surfaces.
9
I showed an image of that pile of older probes to some of the fomite artifacts in our possession.
10
At that time, he did not view catching COVID-19 from inanimate objects, known as fomite transmission, as a serious risk.
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This will help humanity to further compare stories told by different fomite factions, getting more of them debating each other.
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The carvings also depicted something else-theplague of fomite viroids, portrayed as little packets of peril, crisscrossing the Rosetta Wall.
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While fomite (surface) transmission has potential, if surfaces are being cleaned down properly with disinfectants then it shouldn't really be an issue.
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Transmission by the aerosol route is likely; it appears unlikely that either fomite or ballistic droplet transmission could explain a substantial fraction of the cases.
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This wasn't even illegal-Geraldand his co-conspirators were fully empowered to try whatever measures they saw fit, in seeking a way out of the fomite-trap
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But by adopting the fomites' technology, they became partners in the infection.
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