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Tegument definition

tĕgyə-mənt
A natural outer covering; an integument.
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A natural outer covering; an integument.
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Something which covers; a covering or coating.
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Noun

Singular:
tegument
Plural:
teguments

Origin of tegument

  • Middle English from Latin tegumentum from tegere to cover (s)teg- in Indo-European roots

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

  • From Latin tegumentum, from tegere "˜to cover'.

    From Wiktionary

Tegument Sentence Examples

  • An Fc receptor for human immunoglobulin G is located within the tegument of human cytomegalovirus.

  • The sporocyst stage obtains nutrients by passage of soluble material across the sporocyst stage obtains nutrients by passage of soluble material across the sporocyst tegument.

  • The cercarial tegument has an outer lipid bilayer which appears as a trilaminate layer in EM, and is covered with a glycocalyx.

  • The sporocyst stage obtains nutrients by passage of soluble material across the sporocyst tegument.

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