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Femes vs Fomes - What's the difference?

femes | fomes |

As nouns the difference between femes and fomes

is that femes is plural of lang=en while fomes is any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs.

femes

English

Noun

(head)

    • fomes

    English

    Noun

    (fomites)
  • (medicine, obsolete) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs.
    • Woollen clothes are said to be active fomites .
    (Webster 1913) ----