名詞 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
   同義詞：vehicle

fo.mite

n.（名詞）
An inanimate object or substance that is capable of transmitting infectious organisms from one individual to another.
無生命傳染物，傳染體：一種無生命的物體或物質(zhì)，可使感染性的有機(jī)物從一人身上傳播到另一人身上

來源：
Back-formation from New Latin fômitôs
源自 現(xiàn)代拉丁語 fômitôs的逆構(gòu)詞
pl. of Latin fômes [tinder]
拉丁語 fômes的復(fù)數(shù) [引火物]
from *fovemôs
源自 *fovemôs
from fovôre [to warm]
源自 fovôre [使暖和]