Corium

Quick meaning: Corium is a noun meaning (anatomy) The layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues; the dermis.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (anatomy) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.
2. (nuclear physics) A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown.
3. (historical) Armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans.

Example Sentences

CORIUM: INIS: 1977-10-17; ETDE: 1977-06-02 Molten mixture of fuel, cladding and other core structural material resulting from a meltdown accident.

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.

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.

The materials of the nuclear reactor—nuclear oxide fuel and fission products, cladding, metallic alloys, moderator, absorbers, structural materials, coolants, concrete, and so on, could melt to form complex, multiphases, and aggressive mixtures known by the general term corium.

Word Forms

• coriums
• coria

Synonyms for corium

Depending on context, synonyms include dermis, derma.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dermis, derma, endocranium, underskin, subdermis, cortex.

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