Tegument

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tegument \Teg"u*ment\, n. [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover.
     See {Thatch}, n., and cf. {Detect}, {Protect}.]
     1. A cover or covering; an integument.
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     2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part


        or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tegument
       n : a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense
           of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
           [syn: {skin}, {cutis}]