Definition of Tegmenta

1. tegmentum [n] - See also: tegmentum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tegmenta

tefs
teg
tegafur
tegaserod
tegengrenite
tegestologist
tegestologists
tegestology
tegg
teggs
tegmen
tegmen cruris
tegmen mastoideum
tegmen tympani
tegmen ventriculi quarti
tegmenta (current term)
tegmental
tegmental decussations
tegmental fields of Forel
tegmental nuclei
tegmental syndrome
tegmental wall of middle ear
tegmentotomy
tegmentum
tegmentum mesencephali
tegmentum of pons
tegmentum of rhombencephalon
tegmentum rhombencephali
tegmentums
tegmic

Literary usage of Tegmenta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"tegmenta (Lat. from tego, / cover). In Botany, the scales covering the leaf-buds of the deciduous trees of cold climates. Tegument or Tegmen (Lat,). ..."

2. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"Dor- sally, the tegmenta fuse with the quadrigeminal lamina except along the ... Inferiorly, the tegmenta are continued into the reticular formation of the ..."

3. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"6, tegmenta bottle-shaped; last valve with a median sinus....1. ... Valves concealed by the leathery girdle and lacking tegmenta, their hinder margins ..."

4. An Introduction to Botany by John Lindley (1832)
"The leaf-buds of the deciduous trees of cold climates are covered by scales, which are also called tegmenta ; these afford protection against cold and ..."

5. An introduction to botany by John Lindley (1832)
"The leaf-buds of the deciduous trees of cold climates are covered by scales, which are also called tegmenta ; these afford protection against cold and ..."

6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"It may be regarded as a flat band, which is dragged out of the substance of the pons to overlap the tegmenta brachium, to be overlapped itself by the crus ..."

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