integument
noun
a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.
integumental
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a word derived from
integument.
Example Sentences
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Sponge-grafts are often used to hasten cicatrization of integumental wounds.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The spectacle of a lady of mature years and more than generous integumental upholstery dying of consumption was more than the Venetian sense of humor could endure with equanimity.
From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel
All water-dogs, and some others, are subject to a disease designated by this name, and which, in fact, is inflammation of the integumental lining of the inside of the ear.
From The Dog by William Youatt
Astigmata.—Degenerate, mostly parasitic forms approaching the Prostigmata in the development of integumental sclerites and the softness of the skin, but with the respiratory system absent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
The morbid process shows itself in the integumental or other tissues of the body, and only attacks the nose and air-passages later, when the constitutional symptoms become more intense.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
