‖ corium
(ˈkɔərɪəm)
[L. corium skin, hide, leather.]
| 1654 Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. ii. 73 Twice a day the foresaid Squires..should Flebotomize her salt Corium. |
1. Phys. The true skin or derma under the epidermis.
| 1836 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 246/1 The integument is composed of two layers or pellicles, viz. the epidermis and the corium. 1881 Mivart Cat 26 The Corium contains yellow as well as white fibres. |
2. Entom. The leathery or horny basal portion of the wing of a heteropterous insect.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxv. 614 In Aradus depressus the corium is driven to the base of the wing. |
3. Antiq. A leathern body-armour formed of overlapping flaps or scales.
| 1834 J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 52. 1860 Fairholt Costume Gloss. s.v., He wears a leathern corium, the flaps of which are of different colours. |