corium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
    dermis; derma.

WordNet

Co"ri*um noun
Etymology
L. corium leather.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913