CORIUM (coria)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: coria   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does corium mean? 

• CORIUM (noun)
  The noun CORIUM has 1 sense:

1. the deep vascular inner layer of the skin

  Familiarity information: CORIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The deep vascular inner layer of the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

corium; derma; dermis

Hypernyms ("corium" is a kind of...):

stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))

Holonyms ("corium" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)