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CORIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: coria   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The deep vascular inner layer of the skin

Synonyms:

corium; derma; dermis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)

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