fomite

名词 fomite:

1. 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
   同义词：vehicle

fo.mite

n.（名词）
An inanimate object or substance that is capable of transmitting infectious organisms from one individual to another.
无生命传染物，传染体：一种无生命的物体或物质，可使感染性的有机物从一人身上传播到另一人身上

来源：
Back-formation from New Latin fômitôs
源自 现代拉丁语 fômitôs的逆构词
pl. of Latin fômes [tinder]
拉丁语 fômes的复数 [引火物]
from *fovemôs
源自 *fovemôs
from fovôre [to warm]
源自 fovôre [使暖和]