corium

Definition

The layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues; the dermis.

Etymology

From Latin corium (“leather”).

Example Sentences

• "Passing by the Corium Bubulum of the Classical Ancients, we see in an old charter, dated 1036, "Stallus Sutoris Vaccæ," i. e. the stall of a shoe-maker who used cow-skin."