Tegmentum Definition

tĕg-mĕntəm
noun
A covering or integument of an organ or body part.
American Heritage Medicine
The ventral part of the midbrain.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Tegmentum

Noun

Singular:
tegmentum
Plural:
tegmentums

Origin of Tegmentum

  • Latin tegumentum, tegmentum covering from tegere to cover (s)teg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tegmentum Sentence Examples

  • Valves immersed in the girdle, with small tegmentum.

  • The tegmentum is formed by the fold of mantle covering the From Lankester, Treatise on Zoology.

  • The tegmentum is much reduced in Acanthochiton, and absent in the adult Cryptochiton.

  • The tegmentum is pierced by numerous vertical ramified canals which contain epithelial papillae of the epidermis.

  • No shell-eyes, slits in the valves 1-7 corresponding with the ribs of the tegmentum.

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Words Starting With

TTETEG

Words Ending With

MUMTUM

Unscrambles

tegmentum

Words Starting With T and Ending With M

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Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With T9 Letter Words Ending With M