corium

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin corium (“leather”). ==== Noun ==== corium (plural coriums or coria) (anatomy) The layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues; the dermis. (anatomy) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium. (historical) Armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From core +‎ -ium. Apparently coined in 1974 by Martin Peehs, a German nuclear engineer. ==== Noun ==== corium (uncountable) (nuclear physics) A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown. ===== Translations ===== == Latin == === Alternative forms === corius === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Italic *korjom, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-yó-m (“cut, torn off; peeled”), from the root *(s)ker- (“to cut off, separate”). According to De Vaan, probably derived from a noun *(s)kór-o-s (“that which is cut, torn off”, whence Proto-Germanic *skaraz and English share). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.ri.um] === Noun === corium n (genitive coriī or corī); second declension (live) animal skin; hide, fell; leather Synonyms: pellis; spolium, vellus, scortum Near-synonym: cutis (humorous or derogatory) human skin leather belt, whip Synonyms: flagrum, verber, lōrum, habēna, scutica crust, coat, peel, shell upper layer ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “corium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “corium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "corium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “corium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “corium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly