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tegmen

 [teg´men] (L.)
a covering structure or roof.
tegmen tym´pani the thin layer of bone that forms the roof of the tympanic cavity, separating it from the cranial cavity.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

teg·men

, gen.

teg·mi·nis

, pl.

teg·mi·na

(teg'men, -mi-nis, -mi-nă),
A structure that covers or roofs over a part.
[L. a covering, fr. tego, to cover]
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tegmen

(tĕg′mən)
n. pl. teg·mina (-mə-nə)
A covering or integument, especially:
a. The thin plate of bone that covers the middle ear.
b. The tough leathery forewing of certain insects.
c. The inner layer of a seed coat.
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teg·men

, pl. tegmina (teg'men, -mi-nă) [TA]
A structure that covers or roofs over a part.
[L. a covering, fr. tego, to cover]
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tegmen

  1. the inner seed coat or integument.
  2. the hardened forewing of member of the DICTYOPTERA and ORTHOPTERA.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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However, the presence of bone erosion of structures such as scutum, ossicular chain, tympanic tegmen, bone labyrinth and lateral wall of the attic, is strongly indicative of cholesteatoma.
Male: Body length, 19-37, pronotum length, 8, tegmen length, 37-38, hind femur length, 19-22, tibial length, 17-20.
The morphological features were measured in accordance with Carbonell's (2002) criteria and categorised as follows: A--total length, from the meridian to the end of the wing pads (nymphs) and of the tegmen (adults); B--body length, from the meridian to the end of the abdomen; I--wing length (adults only); and H- size of hind femur (Figures 1.1 and 1.2).
Hallazgos Sintomas % Otoscopia % Escanograficos % Otorrea 93 Otorrea 44 Escutum erosionado 64 Hipoacusia 69 Imagen 20 Cadena de 49 sugestiva huesecillos colesteatoma ausente Otalgia 27 Dehiscencia del 13 tegmen timpani Tinnitus 22 Vertigo 18 Paralisis 11 facial Tabla 2.
Pronotum with lateral carinae serrate like straight and saw like tegmen broad (Fig.
The oral side of the visceral mass is covered by a tegmen, which consists of an epidermis and underlying layer of connective tissue (Fig.
In the case of Annona seeds this ratio could be related to the lipid and ruminate characterist of the endosperm, so the imbibed water could be deposited, in the beginning, between the ruminations caused by the disposal of tegmen.
CT scans of the brain and temporal bones showed right mastoid and middle ear effusions with erosion of the tegmen mastoideum posteriorly, and an epidural abscess with transcalvarial extension into the posterior auricular subcutaneous region (Figure 1).
Extension to the ME through the tegmen tympani was also identified.
Se procedio a abrir y retirar la testa, las almendras se sumergieron en etanol 70% por 2 minutos; luego se les retiro el tegmen y se cortaron las almendras desnudas (cotiledones) en trozos mas pequenos para inmersion en solucion de estreptomicina a 300 mg/L, seguida de inmersion en solucion de nistatina a 100 mg/L por 1 hora.
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