Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Anat.)
(a) Same as {Dermis}.
(b) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the
epithelium.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corium
n : the deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: {dermis}, {derma}]
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