Associations to the word «Tegument»

Wiktionary

TEGUMENT, noun. Something which covers; a covering or coating.
TEGUMENT, noun. (anatomy) (obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Dictionary definition

TEGUMENT, noun. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body".

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche