A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch. Classified under: Nouns denoting body parts. Synonyms: cutis; skin; tegument. Context example: your skin is the largest organ of your body. Hypernyms (tegument is a kind of...): body covering (any covering for the body or a body part). 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).
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The external surface of tegument is associated with unique defining structures in cestodes and trematodes. In cestodes the tegument is further covered with highly specialized microvilli, called  microtriches , projecting from the outer limiting membrane of the tegument. These microtriches are fine hair-like filaments distributed throughout the surface of the body, and give the body surface a smooth and silky appearance.
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The noun TEGUMENT has 1 sense: 1. a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch. Familiarity information: TEGUMENT used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details.
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Tegument /ˈtɛɡjəmənt/ is a terminology in helminthology for the name of the outer body covering among members of the phylum Platyhelminthes. The name is derived from a Latin word tegumentum or tegere, meaning to cover.
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1. 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).
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Anthelmintic activity of steroidal saponins from Paris polyphylla by Wang, G.-X.; Han, J.; Zhao, L.-W.; Jiang, D.-X.; Liu, Y.-T.; Liu, X.-L. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology.
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Pudendal schwannoma: A case report and literature review by Mazzola, Clarisse R.; Power, Nicholas; Bilsky, Mark H.; Robert, Roger; Guillonneau, Bertrand / Canadian Urological Association Journal (CUAJ).
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(3) (virology) viral tegument: a cluster of proteins that aid in viral DNA replication and evasion of the immune response, located at the space between the cell membrane and nucleocapsid of many enveloped viruses. Supplement. Word origin: Latin tegumentum from tegere (to cover).
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Meronyms (parts of tegument): crease; crinkle; furrow; line; seam; wrinkle (a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface). 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).
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A tegument is a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; your skin is the largest organ of your body. Tegument is a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.