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integument

[in-teg-yuh-muhnt] / ɪnˈtɛg yə 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

A double-layered integument protects the megasporangium and, later, the embryo sac.

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

These changes result in selective vasodilation in the skeletal muscles, heart, lungs, liver, and integument.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Verbascum prepared in olive oil or fluid petroleum has the same effect as any oil; excellent in chronic disease of the integument; negative in middle ear disease.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock




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