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Yes. The word tectum is a Scrabble US word. The word tectum is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

TECTUM,

4-letter words (3 found)

CUTE,MUTE,MUTT,

3-letter words (14 found)

CUE,CUM,CUT,ECU,EMU,MET,MEU,MUT,TEC,TET,TUM,TUT,UME,UTE,

2-letter words (7 found)

EM,ET,ME,MU,TE,UM,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of tectum

tectum

Etymology

From Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”). Doublet of tect.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.təm/

Noun

tectum (plural tecta)

  1. (neuroanatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
  2. The interconnected outer surface of a spore.

Derived terms

  • infratectum

See also

  • tegmentum
  • periaqueductal grey

References

  • Bear et al. Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain Co. 2001, Lippincot Williams and Wilkins
  • “tectum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Etymology

From tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈteːk.tum/, [ˈt̪eːkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtek.tum/, [ˈt̪ɛkt̪um]

Noun

tēctum n (genitive tēctī); second declension

  1. roof, ceiling
  2. canopy
  3. refuge, shelter
    Synonyms: perfugium, asȳlum, refugium, receptāculum, latebra, dēverticulum
  4. (figuratively) house, dwelling, abode
    Synonyms: domus, domicilium, habitātiō

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

  • tēctulum

Related terms

  • tēctūra
  • tegō

Descendants

References

  • “tectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tactum in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti.
  • tectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Source: wiktionary.org