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tegument

te·gu·ment

UK/ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch

  • “your skin is the largest organ of your body”
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Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument.

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