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Of, relating to, or consisting of a covering or vestment

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Usage examples (11)
  • Replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia, by manipulation without cutting. tegument (tegumentary, integument)
  • But tissue, in connexion with it, becomes in part changed, thus forming the auditory nerve, which places the tegumentary sac in direct communication with the brain itself.
  • All those familiar with the characteristic differences of seeds, their chemical constituents, their tegumentary coverings, rudimentary parts, etc., thoroughly understand...
  • The tegumentary envelope of the head, as well as the dura-matral lining, serves to damp cranial vibration consequent upon concussion; while the sutural isolation of the...
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