different between fomite vs vehicle

English

Etymology

A back-formation from fomites, plural of fomes, a borrowing of medical Latin f?mes (“tinder, kindling”), used figuratively to evoke the analogy of a spreading infection to a spreading fire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??m??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fo?ma?t/

Noun

fomite (plural fomites)

1. (medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts.
   • 1859, Richard Francis Burton, "The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa...", Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, No. 29, p. 134:

     This must be an efficacious fomite of cutaneous and pectoral disease.

   • 2009, Raina M. Maier & al., Environmental Microbiology, page 559:

     Alternatively, such fluids may be transferred from soiled hands to fomites, or airborne organisms may impinge or settle onto fomite surfaces. Fomites may also serve as a site for the replication of a pathogen, as in the case of enteric bacteria in household sponges or dishcloths.

Synonyms

• fomes (archaic)

Translations

References

• “fomite, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1897

Italian

Noun

fomite m (plural fomiti)

1. incitement
2. cause, source

Latin

Noun

f?mite

1. ablative singular of f?mes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?vi?.?.k?l/, /?v??.k?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?vi.?.k?l/, /?vi?(h)?.k?l/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?v??(?).k?l/
• Hyphenation: ve?hi?cle

Noun

vehicle (plural vehicles)

1. A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
2. A medium for expression of talent or views.

3. A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
4. (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

5. An entity to achieve an end.

6. (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
7. (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

Synonyms

• (Hinduism): vahan

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:vehicle

Derived terms

Related terms

• vector
• vectorial
• vectorize

Translations

Further reading

• vehicle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vehicle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vehicle at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vehiculum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v??i.kl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b??i.kl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ve?i.kle/

Noun

vehicle m (plural vehicles)

1. vehicle

Related terms

• vehicular

Further reading

• “vehicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.