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in·teg·u·ment

(in-teg'yū-ment), [TA]

1. The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all the derivatives of the epidermis, for example, hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands, as well as the subcutaneous tissue.

2. The rind, capsule, or covering of any body or part. Synonym(s): tegument (2)

Synonym(s): integumentum commune [TA], integumentary system, tegument (1)

[L. integumentum, a covering, fr. intego, to cover]

tegument

(tĕg′yə-mənt)

A natural outer covering; an integument.

teg′u·men′ta·ry (-mĕn′tə-rē, -mĕn′trē), teg′u·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.

in·teg·u·ment

(in-teg'yū-mĕnt) [TA]

1. The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all of the derivatives of the epidermis, e.g., hairs, nails, and sebaceous sweat, and mammary glands.

2. The rind, capsule, or covering of any body or part.
Synonym(s): integumentum commune [TA] , tegument.

[L. integumentum, a covering, fr. intego, to cover]

tegument

(tĕg′ū-mĕnt)

1. Integument.

2. A covering structure.

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During each stage of development, peculiarities could be observed in the structural changes of the embryo, endosperm, and tegument cells, and the type and location of the reserve deposition.

Histochemical changes during the ontogeny of malagueta and biquinho pepper seeds/Alteracoes histoquimicas durante a ontogenia de sementes de pimenta malagueta e biquinho

After 24 hrs incubation with 40 [micro]g/ml ethanolic extracts of Calligonum comosum plant , the oral sucker showing sloughing apart from swelling of the tegument leaving a basal lamina beneath Fig.

Comparative studies on efficacy of ethanolic extracts of Calligonum comosum plant and triclabendazole (TCBZ) "Fasinex on treatment of goats fascioliasis in Taif governorate

Each papilla is elevated above the tegument and has a relatively long cilium-like structure (Figure 8).

Surface topography of the anterior adhesive apparatus of the gill monogenean parasite Diplectanum sp. diesing, 1858, with some surface criteria

The effects of cardamonin on the tegument of schistosomes were analyzed by confocal microscopy analysis in order to examine morphological alterations at the surface of male worms.

Cardamonin, a schistosomicidal chalcone from Piper aduncum L. (Piperaceae) that inhibits Schistosoma mansoni ATP diphosphohydrolase

2, produce proteolytic enzymes (Table 3), and these filamentous fungal strains were cytotoxic for primary shrimp cell culture, where hemocytes showed greater susceptibility followed by tegument cells.

Isolation and risk assessment of Geotrichum spp. in the white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei Boone, 1931) from culture ponds/Aislamiento y evaluacion de riesgos de Geotrichum spp. en el camaron blanco (Litopenaeus vannamei Boone, 1931) en estanques de cultivo

Concerning lycopene, no investigation was found that could be used as a base to suggest the reason why fish used in this study could not incorporate pigments in their tegument from the lycopene.

Effects of dietary antioxidant of tomato extract and lycopene on Carassius auratus and Xiphophorus maculatus/Efecto antioxidante de un extracto de jitomate y licopeno en Carassius auratus y Xiphophorus maculatus

35, 36) afforded valuable information about the protein composition of the tegument of adult S.

Aproximacion al analisis proteomico e inmunologico de extractos proteicos de cercaria y verme adulto de Schistosoma mansoni y deteccion de uno de los candidatos a vacuna, Sm28GST, de un aislado venezolano

A total of 40 structural proteins, comprising 3 capsid, 13 envelope, 2 tegument, and 22 unclassified proteins, were described.

Cyprinid herpesvirus 3

A therapeutic version of the vaccine, which encoded the gD2 antigen as well as the tegument proteins UL46/UL47, significantly reduced recurrence of HSV-2 lesions in guinea pigs with latent infection (p<0.

VICAL'S HERPES SIMPLEX VACCINES SHOW BENEFIT IN MICE

No grayish blue discoloration of exposed tegument (argyria) was observed in the six volunteers after a total of 24 weeks at 75mg/day, with a cumulative amount of silver = 75mg/dayx l68 days = 12,600mg, that is 12.

Effects of Colloidal Silver combined with nutritional supplementation for 3 months on various clinical and physiological parameters in 6 volunteers: a follow up study

Spined tegument, with small spines all over the body.

The life cycle of Bucephalus margaritae Ozaki & Ishibashi, 1934 (Digenea, Bucephalidae) from the coast of Santa Catarina State, Brazil/O ciclo de vida de Bucephalus margaritae Ozaki e Ishibashi, 1934 (Digenea, Bucephalidae) da costa do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil

Even in the established cyst, because the laminated layer is permeable to host macromolecules (13), the outer syncitial tegument of the germinal layer is permanently exposed to complement levels.