fomentation
- n a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice
- n application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation
- n deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
fomes
- n genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees
fomite
- n 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