Associations to the word «Corium»

Wiktionary

CORIUM, noun. (anatomy) The inner layer of skin, the dermis.
CORIUM, noun. (anatomy) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.
CORIUM, noun. (historical) Armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans.
CORIUM, noun. (nuclear physics) The lavalike material produced in a nuclear meltdown.

Dictionary definition

CORIUM, noun. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats