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The deep vascular inner layer of the skin
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corium
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Wikipedia
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The corium is the thickened, leathery, basal portion of an insect forewing or hemelytron in the order hemiptera. Specifically the inner cell of the basal portion is the corium HEMELYTRA The forewings of the winged aquatic bugs are modified into hemelytra ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Latin corium "skin, hide, leather," related to cortex "bark," scortum "skin, hide," from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (cognates: Sanskrit krtih "hide;" Old Church Slavonic scora "skin," Russian skora "hide," kora "bark;" Welsh corwg "boat ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context anatomy English) The inner layer of skin, the dermis. 2 (context anatomy English) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium. 3 (context historical English) armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 Appendix. [1913 Webster] ||
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: dermis , derma ] [also: coria (pl)]
Usage examples of corium.
I used them as collateral to pump the stock of the Orlando Coria Mining and Bright Matter Company, Incorporated.
I still had some stock options left over from the takeover of Coria Bright Matter.