Definition of "corium" []

• See dermis. (noun)

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• "The name derives from coupling eco – reflecting environmentally sound products and business practices – with corium, which is Latin for skin."
• "Outside this muscular tube we have the external envelope of the vertebrate body, which is known as the corium or cutis."
• "Immediately above the corium is the outer skin (epidermis, o), the general covering of the whole outer surface."