What does tegument mean?
Tegument means (uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating..
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/ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/ · noun
(uncommon) 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)
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Tegument means (uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating..
Common synonyms include skin, cutis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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)
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