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CORIUM
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Irregular inflected form: coria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The deep vascular inner layer of the skin
Synonyms:
Classified under:
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)