Replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia, by manipulation without cutting. tegument (tegumentary, integument).    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Genesis of Species] Reference

All those familiar with the characteristic differences of seeds, their chemical constituents, their tegumentary coverings, rudimentary parts, etc., thoroughly understand the process in its outward manifestation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference

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 several component bones of the cranium also prevents, in some degree, the extension of fractures and the vibrations of concussion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Brilliant colours usually appear just in proportion to the development of tegumentary appendages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwinism (1889)] Reference

"Finally, of the use of intermediate tegumentary coverings, made of thin rubber or gold-beater's skin, and so often relied upon as absolute preventives, Madame de Stael is reputed to have said, 'They are cobwebs for protection, and bulwarks against love.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plain Facts for Old and Young] Reference

14 POSTBBIOR CRANIAL ARCHES are not exclusively tegumentary, but are identical in character with the bones of the brain case, and the sutures are visible on the under as well as the upper side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

"Finally, of the use of intermediate tegumentary coverings, made of thin rubber or gold-beater's skin, and so often relied upon as absolute preventives, Madame de Stael is reputed to have said, ` They are cobwebs for protection, and bulwarks against love. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.] Reference

“spontaneous” manner, though we are, of course, far from denying that they may be traced, in some cases, to distinct external influences; which are assuredly competent to alter the character of the tegumentary covering, to change colour, to increase or diminish the size of muscles, to modify constitution, and, among plants, to give rise to the metamorphosis of stamens into petals, and so forth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays] Reference

Varieties then arise we know not why; and it is more than probable that the majority of varieties have arisen in this "spontaneous" manner, though we are, of course, far from denying that they may be traced, in some cases, to distinct external influences; which are assuredly competent to alter the character of the tegumentary covering, to change colour, to increase or diminish the size of muscles, to modify constitution, and, among plants, to give rise to the metamorphosis of stamens into petals, and so forth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lectures and Essays] Reference

Colour correlated with sterility, 169 correlated with constitutional peculiarities, 170 in nature, the problem to be solved, 188 constancy, in animals indicates utility, 189 and environment, 190 general theories of animal, 193 animal, supposed causes of, 193 obscure, of many tropical animals, 194 produced by surrounding objects, 195 adaptations, local, 199 for recognition, 217 of wild animals not quite symmetrical, 217 (note) as influenced by locality or climate, 228 development in butterflies, 274 more variable than habits, 278 and nerve distribution, 290 and tegumentary appendages, 291 of flowers, 308 change of, in flowers when fertilised, 317 in nature, concluding remarks on, 299, 333 of fruits, 304 of flowers growing together contrasted, 318.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwinism (1889)] Reference