Definition of Tectum

1. a rooflike structure [n -TUMS or -TA]

Medical Definition of Tectum

1. Any rooflike covering or structure. Origin: L. Roof, roofed structure, fr. Tego, pp. Tectus, to cover (05 Mar 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tectum

tectonism
tectonisms
tectopontine tract
tectorial
tectorial
tectorial membrane
tectorial membrane of cochlear duct
tectorium
tectospinal
tectospinal decussation
tectospinal tract
tectrices
tectrices
tectrix
tectum (current term)
tectum (current term)
tectums
tectum mesencephali
tecum
Tecumseh
Tecumtha
Tec protein-tyrosine kinase
Ted
TEDD
tedded
tedder
teddered
teddering
tedders
teddie

Literary usage of Tectum

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1. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"which has been described in fishes by various authors lies in the region of junction of thalamus and tectum mesencephali and probably is at least a part of ..."

2. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"CENTERS OF CORRELATION. which has been described in fishes by various authors lies in the region of junction of thalamus and tectum mesencephali and ..."

3. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"which has been described in fishes by various authors lies in the region of junction of thalamus and tectum mesencephali and probably is at least a part of ..."

4. British Oribatidæ by Albert Davidson Michael (1884)
"... and has then the appearance of being the anterior edge of the supposed tectum, as it does not rise sharply on its posterior edge but slopes up gradually ..."

5. Selected letters of Cicero by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1897)
"... et tectum,' ut aiunt, ab omnique incommodo detrimento molestia ... et tectum : an adap- obtaining a province from Caesar tation of the technical phrase ..."

6. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles ( Darwin (1851)
"... from the tectum. 1 up to the slight prominences on their carinal margins : a the length of the scuta, and twice as long as the rostral Rostrum (fig. ..."

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