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fomite

non-living object capable of carrying infectious agents
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Summary

fomite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,006 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physical object[2]
  • Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[3]
  • Has effect: vehicle-borne fomite transmission[4]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00010358[5]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject COVID-19[6]

Why It Matters

fomite has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] fomite is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fomite. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fomite
MLA “fomite.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 15 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fomite.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fomite_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fomite}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fomite}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 19
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', '
    Subclass of → physical object
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: physical object"
  2. 19d ago · فيصل · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject COVID-19
    Has effect → vehicle-borne fomite transmission
    Described by source → The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)"
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