"tegument" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/ Forms: teguments [plural]
Etymology: Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)teg- (cover)}}, {{bor|en|la|tegumentum||a cover}} Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), {{affix|la|tegō|-mentum|alt1=tegere|nocat=1|pos1=verb|pos2=suffix forming nouns|t1=to cover, clothe}} tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tegument (plural teguments)
  1. (uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating. Tags: uncommon Translations (something which covers): couverture [feminine] (French), revêtement [masculine] (French), Bedeckung [feminine] (German), tegumento (Ido), gorchudd [masculine] (Welsh), pilyn [masculine] (Welsh), tegmentwm [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tegument-en-noun-ZfDbJEdH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'something which covers': 96 4
  2. (anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-tegument-en-noun-sz9Luwhy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tegumental, tegumentary, tegumented Related terms: integument

Inflected forms

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