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Webster 1913 Edition


Corium

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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.