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Definition of Tegmen
1. n. A tegument or covering.
Definition of Tegmen
1. Noun. (biology) A covering or integument ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tegmen
1. a covering [n -MINA] - See also: covering
Medical Definition of Tegmen
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Origin: L, fr. Tegere, tectum, to cover.
1. A tegument or covering.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tegmen
Literary usage of Tegmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Vegetable Histology by Charles William Ballard (1921)
"Tissues of the Testa and tegmen.—These elements are usually closely adherent and
each consists of a single layer of cells (Plate 68). ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Covering or protecting, as a tegmen; tectorial; tegumentary. teguexin (te-gek'sin),
n. [Braz.] A large South American lizard of the genus ..."
3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"This classification, while retaining as a guide the mode of union of the plates,
took also into consideration the structure of the tegmen. ..."
4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"and their tegmen was said to be solid, with only one opening, and with no
food-grooves. This classification, while retaining as a guide the mode of union of ..."
5. Diseases of the Ear in Childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"Spreading of osteitis to the auricular ossicles, the attic wall, or tegmen
tympani (Fig. 84) leads to sequestration of these parts, exfoliation, ..."
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