tegument

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/ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/

noun

Something which covers; a covering or coating.

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skincutis
OriginLatin tegumentum →
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Meanings

nountegument (plural teguments)

plural teguments

  1. uncommonSomething 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. obsoleteanatomyA natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

Similar
skincutis
Broader
connective tissuebody covering
Also see
cutisskin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latintegumentum“a cover”
  2. Englishtegument

Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument.

More words from Latin

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Translations

French couverture, revêtement
  • couverturesomething which covers
  • revêtementsomething which covers
German Bedeckung
  • Bedeckungsomething which covers
Polish osłona, oprawa
  • osłonasomething which covers
  • oprawasomething which covers
Welsh gorchudd, pilyn
  • gorchuddsomething which covers
  • pilynsomething which covers
  • tegmentwmsomething which covers
Cite this entry
APA

tegument. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tegument

MLA

“tegument.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tegument. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tegument,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tegument.

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