Corium

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corium \Co"ri*um\ (k?"r?-?m), n. [L. corium leather.]
     1. Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the
        Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of
        Edward I. --Fosbroke.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Anat.)
        (a) Same as {Dermis}.
        (b) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the
            epithelium.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dermis \Der"mis\, n. [NL. See {Derm}.] (Anat.)
     The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or
     epidermis; -- called also {true skin}, {derm}, {derma},
     {corium}, {cutis}, and {enderon}. See {Skin}, and Illust. in
     Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corium
       n : the deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: {dermis}, {derma}]
       [also: {coria} (pl)]