integumentationn.
rare.
The action of covering or condition of being covered with an integument; integumented condition.
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integumentation1808
1808 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) I. 841/1 Those membranes that form the universal covering of the external surface, with their appendages..are here..denominated the Organs of Integumentation.
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Integumentation, that part of physiology which treats of integuments.]
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Integumentation, act of covering with integuments; state of being thus covered.
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