tegument

Noun
  1. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (synset 105245612)
    "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
    is a type of:
    • body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
    • connective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments
    subtypes:
    • investment - outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
    • thick skin - skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)
    • skin graft - a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn
    • buff - bare skin
    • dewlap - a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck
    • foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
    • foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
    • scalp - the skin that covers the top of the head
    • cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
    • agnail, hangnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
    has:
    • pressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure
    • cuticle, epidermis - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
    • skin cell - any of the cells making up the skin
    • corium, derma, dermis - the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
    • macula, macule - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
    • freckle, lentigo - a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
    • liver spot - a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin
    • milium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
    • blackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
    • pore - any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
    • scab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
    • sudoriferous gland, sweat gland - any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration
    • free nerve ending - microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
    • pacinian corpuscle - a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals
    • crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle - a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
    is a part of: integumentary system - the skin and its appendages
    substance holonym: melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
    same as: cutis, skin

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