tegument

teg·u·ment

T0084700 (tĕg′yə-mənt)n. A natural outer covering; an integument.

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[Middle English, from Latin tegumentum, from tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]

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teg′u·men′ta·ry (-mĕn′tə-rē, -mĕn′trē), teg′u·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.

tegument

(ˈtɛɡjʊmənt) n (Biology) a less common word for integument[C15: from Latin tegumentum a covering, from tegere to cover] tegumental, ˌteguˈmentary adj

teg•u•ment

(ˈtɛg yə mənt)

n. a covering or vestment; integument. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin tegumentum=tegu- (see tegmen) + -mentum -ment] teg`u•men′tal (-ˈmɛn tl) teg`u•men′ta•ry, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"cutis, skininvestment - outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organismthick skin - skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)body covering - any covering for the body or a body partpressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure; "you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu"skin graft - a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burnbuff - bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"dewlap - a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neckepidermis, cuticle - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebratesskin cell - any of the cells making up the skincorium, derma, dermis - the deep vascular inner layer of the skinmacule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseasesfreckle, lentigo - a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skinliver spot - a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skinmilium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous glandblackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skinpore - any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animalscab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesionconnective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligamentssudoriferous gland, sweat gland - any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspirationintegumentary system - the skin and its appendagesfree nerve ending - microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptorPacinian corpuscle - a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitalsforeskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the penisforeskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitorisscalp - the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenailagnail, hangnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infectedcrinkle, wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers

Translations

tegumentotegumento