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‖ tegmentum|tɛgˈmɛntəm| Pl. -a. [L. collateral form of tegumentum tegument.] 1. Bot. Each of the scales forming the covering of a leaf-bud; a bud-scale.
1832Lindley Introd. Bot. 51 Thus, in the Beech, the tegmenta are thin, smooth, and dry. 1842Brande Dict. Sc. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. (1870) 94 These external modified leaves,..termed scales,..have also received the name of tegmenta. 2. Anat. The upper and hinder portion of each of the crura cerebri.
1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 670 Those on the opposite surface of the crus, which form the tegmentum. 1893W. R. Gowers Dis. Nerv. Syst. II. 438 There may be hemianæsthesia from softening of the tegmentum of the crus. |