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Noun: tegument  te-gyu-munt
  1. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
    "your tegument is the largest organ of your body";
    - skin, cutis

Derived forms: teguments

Type of: body covering, connective tissue

Part of: integumentary system

Encyclopedia: Tegument