integument

created by BaronCarlos
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:28:39

In*teg"u*ment (?), n. [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. int'egument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.]

That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically Anat., a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.

 

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