INTEGUMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does integument mean? 

• INTEGUMENT (noun)
  The noun INTEGUMENT has 1 sense:

1. an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

  Familiarity information: INTEGUMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTEGUMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("integument" is a kind of...):

cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)

Derivation:

integumental; integumentary (of or relating to the integument)

 Context examples 

The skin or integument surrounding the leg.

(Leg Skin, NCI Thesaurus)

The skin or integument surrounding the abdomen.

(Abdominal Skin, NCI Thesaurus)

Patient complaints (symptoms), physical and/or laboratory findings related to the skin or integument.

(Integumentary System Signs and Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)

The skin or integument covering the arm.

(Arm Skin, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery on the skin (integument).

(Integumentary System Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)

One of many blood vessels arising from the posterior tibial artery supplying the fat and integument of the heel and Achilles tendon as well as the muscles on the inner side of the sole.

(Internal Calcanean Artery, NCI Thesaurus)