资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.