tegument
IPA: tˈɛgjʌmʌnt
noun
- (uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating.
- (anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.
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Examples of "tegument" in Sentences
- In fact, I made tegument redirect there.
- No mention of tegument in regard to viruses.
- The tegument bears a large number of small tubercules.
- The envelope is joined to the capsid by means of a tegument.
- The flukes are reddish brown in colour and are covered by tegument.
- A large number of important enzymes has been detected in the tegument.
- Virions consist of an envelope, a tegument, a nucleocapsid, and a core.
- The skin of the worm tegument is heavily covered with scalelike spines.
- In fact the tegument highly resembles the gut of animals turned inside out.
- The tegument is usually released shortly after infection into the cytoplasm.
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