Definitions for corium

corium co·ri·um

Spelling: [kawr-ee-uh m, kohr-]
IPA: /ˈkɔr i əm, ˈkoʊr-/

Corium is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in corium (cimoru).

Definitions for corium

noun

  1. Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
  2. Entomology. the thickened, leathery, basal portion of a hemelytron.

Origin of corium

1645-55; Latin: skin, hide, leather

Examples for corium

The latter find their support and attachment in solid calcareous needles, which develop from chalky deposits in the corium.

It originates in the corium and presents two clinical varieties.

Later there is formed below this a denser aggregation of the corium, which ultimately becomes the papilla of the hair.

corium: the elongate middle section of the hemelytra which extends from base to membrane below the embolium.

Median furrow: lies between radius and media: in some Heteroptera, separates the embolium from the remainder of the corium.

The word "corrigia" is taken from the word "corium," a skin of leather.

These occur as thickenings and down-growths of the epithelium into the corium.

From this disagreement, commentators have suspected a mistake of the transcriber, and imagine that Curia is intended for corium.

The corium, or true skin, consists essentially of white, interlacing fibres of the kind known as connective tissue.

This part of the corium is so exceedingly close that the fibrils are scarcely recognizable.

Word Value for corium
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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