tegument

See also: tégument

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɡjʊmənt/

Noun

tegument (plural teguments)

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)
(anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Derived terms

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

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