What does fomes mean?
Fomes means (obsolete, medicine) The morbid matter created by a disease..
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/ˈfəʊmiːz/ · noun
(obsolete, medicine) The morbid matter created by a disease..
If this putrid ferment could be more immediately corrected, a stop would probably be put to the flux, and the fomes of the disease likewise removed.
Toys are common fomites.
I cannot say that I have known it spread from fomites.
Naturall tempers... prove a great Fomes of sinne.
Use fomes when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fomes means (obsolete, medicine) The morbid matter created by a disease..
Common synonyms include fomite, genus fomes.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If this putrid ferment could be more immediately corrected, a stop would probably be put to the flux, and the fomes of the disease likewise removed.
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