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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope