Tegument

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛɡjÊŠmÉ™nt/

Origin

From Latin tegumentum, from tegere ‘to cover’.

Full definition of tegument

Noun

1. 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)
2. (anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.