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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corium \Co"ri*um\ (k?"r?-?m), noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dermis \Der"mis\, noun [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. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
corium
noun: the deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: {dermis}, {derma}] [also: {coria} (pl)]
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