tegument

tegument

See also: tégument

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tegumentum, from tegere (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɡjʊmənt/

Noun

tegument (plural teguments)

1. Something which covers; a covering or coating.
   • 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)
2. (anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Derived terms

• tegumental
• tegumented

Translations

something which covers

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can French: couverture (fr) f, revêtement (fr) m German: please add this translation if you can

Ido: tegumento (io) Russian: please add this translation if you can Welsh: gorchudd (cy) m, pilyn m, tegmentwm m