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integument

[in-teg-yuh-muhnt] / ɪnˈtɛg jə mənt /


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Similar to a hypodermic needle, a nematode uses its stylet to pierce cells and pull out food -- in this case from the pseudoscorpion's hypodermis, part of the outer covering known as the integument.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

The integument contains an opening called the micropyle, through which the pollen tube enters the embryo sac.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

This is covered by a layer known as the integument.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Several other characteristics are distinctive to mammals, including certain features of the jaw, skeleton, integument, and internal anatomy.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

That portion of the thigh not already gangrenous is now very oedematous, and the integument covering it is much discolored, being of a dark, icteric, or reddened hue.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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