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corium

corium noun: the layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues.

Noun (1)

corium (plural coriums or coria)

  1. The layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues.
    Synonyms:
    cutis, dermis
  2. The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.
  3. (historical) Armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans.
    • 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.1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopaedia of antiquities, and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval

Noun (2)

corium (uncountable)

  1. (nuclear physics) A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown.
    • Mexico was given $100,000 to do a series of experiments in which small amounts (10 to 20 grams) of stainless steel and corium (a mixture of 55 percent iron, 10 percent zirconium, and 35 percent uranium dioxide) will be melted and then flooded with water in an arc-melting chamber.1975 21 October, Hearings on the Nuclear Initiative: Technological Concerns in Nuclear Reactor Safety, Sacramento (CA): California Legislature Assembly Committee on Resources, Land Use, and Energy
    • Previous studies of the thermal behavior of corium in a degraded nuclear reactor have focussed primarily on the process of heat transfer within the corium.1991, Sheau-Wen Shiah, Fan-bill B. Cheung, Dae-Ho Cho, Michael J. Tan, Louis Baker Jr., “Numerical Modeling of Corium/Steel Structure Interaction with Downfacing Boiling Boundary Conditions”, in...

corium meaning in Tamil and Arabic

corium in Tamil

உட்சருமம், உட்தோல்

corium in Arabic

material from a nuclear meltdown
كوريوم

Synonyms of corium

Forms of corium

pluralcoriums
pluralcoria

Origin of corium

From Latin corium (“leather”).

From core + -ium. Apparently coined in 1974 by Martin Peehs, a German nuclear engineer.

Questions about corium

What does corium mean?
Corium means the layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues.
What is corium in Tamil?
Corium in Tamil is உட்சருமம், உட்தோல். See Corium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is corium?
Corium is a noun.
What is the plural of corium?
The plural of corium is coriums.

Words near corium in the dictionary

  1. coriphosphine
  2. coriscid
  3. coriscids
  4. Corisco
  5. Coristine
  6. corium
  7. coriums
  8. corival
  9. corivalries
  10. corivalry
  11. corivals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corium (page history and authors); corium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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