What does tegument mean?
Definitions for tegument
ˈtɛg yə mənttegu·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
skin, tegument, cutisnoun
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
"your skin is the largest organ of your body"
Wiktionary
tegumentnoun
Something which covers; a covering or coating.
tegumentnoun
A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.
Etymology: From Latin tegumentum, from tegere ‘to cover’.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tegumentnoun
Cover; the outward part. This word is seldom used but in anatomy or physicks.
Etymology: tegumentum, Latin.
Clip and trim those tender strings in the fashion of beard, or other hairy teguments. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. ii.
Proceed by section, dividing the skin, and separating the teguments. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
In the nutmeg another tegument is the mace between the green pericarpium and the hard shell. John Ray, on the Creation.
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tegument
Tegument is a natural protective layer or covering on the body of an organism, like skin or outer coat. It is commonly used in the context of zoology and parasitology, referring to the outer body covering or 'skin' of various animals, especially parasites such as worms.
Webster Dictionary
Tegumentnoun
a cover or covering; an integument
Tegumentnoun
especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tegument
teg′ū-ment, n. an integument.—adjs. Tegumen′tal, Tegumen′tary. [L. tegumentum—tegĕre, to cover.]
Entomology
Tegument
a covering surface or skin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tegument in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tegument in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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