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English

Etymology

From Latin tegumentum, from tegere ‘to cover’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtɛgjʊmənt/

Noun

  1. Something which covers; a covering or coating.
  2. *1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
  3. In the Context of A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part
or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet 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]
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