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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King