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Definition of Fomes

Fomes
Fomes Fo"mes, n.; pl. Fomites. [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood, tinder.] (Med.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

Meaning of Fomes from wikipedia

- fruit bodies were previously classified as Fomes nigricans, but this is now recognised as a synonym of Fomes fomentarius. The colour is typically lighter...
- Latin fomes, meaning "tinder", from the use of Fomes fomentarius, also known as the tinder fungus, in making tinder (see amadou).[citation needed] Fomes was...
- Heritiera fomes is a species of mangrove tree in the family Malvaceae. Its common names include sunder, sundri, jekanazo and pinlekanazo. It is the dominant...
- Latin word fomes, meaning "tinder", in this sense in his essay on contagion, De Contagione et Contagiosis Morbis, published in 1546: "By fomes I mean clothes...
- Boletus fasciatus. It was later transferred by Cooke to Fomes fasciatus in 1885. The genus name "Fomes" translates to tinder as its holotype was historically...
- (1916) Fomes fuscus (Lázaro Ibiza) Sacc. & Trotter, (1925) Fomes pomaceus (Pers.) Lloyd, (1910) Fomes pomaceus var. fulvus Rea, (1922) Fomes prunicola...
- (1839) Polyporus laurencii Berk. (1859) Fomes rubiginosus Berk. ex Cooke (1885) Polyporus calvescens Berk. (1839) Fomes calvescens (Berk.) Cooke (1885) Scindalma...
- officinalis (Vill.) Quél. (1886) Ungulina officinalis (Vill.) Pat. (1900) Fomes officinalis (Vill.) Bres. (1931) Fomitopsis officinalis (Vill.) Bondartsev...
- desenchufados a fomes". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved May 29, 2022. Jofré, Alejandro (June 27, 2017). "Historia oral de Los Tres: el origen de Fome". La Tercera...
- (1903) Fomes annularis Lloyd, (1912) Fomes applanatus var. australis (Fr.) Cleland & Cheel, (1917) Fomes australis (Fr.) Cooke, (1885) Fomes polyzonus...