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Another word for sheath

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sheath

n.

case, scabbard, cover, spathe, sheathing, cere.

Specialized sheaths include: leaf sheath, Cirrus sheath, dentinal sheath, connective tissue sheath, myelin sheath, root sheath, tendon sheath, Neumann's sheath, sheath of Schwann, primitive sheath, neurilemma (Latin), sheath of Henle, preputial sheath, prepuce.

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Another word for sheath

noun

A thin outer covering of an object:

lamina, membrane, sheathing, skin. See surface

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Carmen showered and donned a simple sheath dress and didn't ask Alex what they should wear.
Extracting the cell phone from its sheath, she dialed Alex.
She replaced her knife in its sheath and looked around for more bodies.
The right sheath C (outer process of the ninth abdominal segment-9) is shown in connexion with the guide B formed by the inner processes of the 9th segment.
The epithem is frequently surrounded by a sheath of cuticularized cells.

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