tegument

teg·u·ment  (tgy-mnt)

n.

A natural outer covering; an integument.

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[Middle English, from Latin tegumentum, from tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]

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tegu·menta·ry (-mnt-r, -mntr), tegu·mental (-mntl) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

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tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" cutis, skin investment - outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism thick skin - skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) body covering - any covering for the body or a body part pressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure; "you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu" skin graft - a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn buff - bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff" dewlap - a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck epidermis, cuticle - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates skin cell - any of the cells making up the skin corium, derma, dermis - the deep vascular inner layer of the skin macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases freckle, lentigo - a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin liver spot - a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin milium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland blackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin pore - any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal scab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion connective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments sudoriferous gland, sweat gland - any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration integumentary system - the skin and its appendages free nerve ending - microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor Pacinian corpuscle - a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris scalp - the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy" cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail agnail, hangnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected crinkle, wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers