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Corium vs Conium - What's the difference?

corium | conium |

As a noun corium

is (anatomy) the inner layer of skin, the dermis or corium can be (nuclear physics) the lavalike material produced in a nuclear meltdown.

As a proper noun conium is

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corium

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(coria)
  • (anatomy) The inner layer of skin, the dermis.
  • (anatomy) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.
  • (historical) Armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans.
    • (Fosbroke)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nuclear physics) The lavalike material produced in a nuclear meltdown.
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  • * 2009', Wei Wei and Xin-rong Cao, "The Simulation of '''Corium Dispersion in Direct Containment Heating Accidents", ''Zero Carbon Energy Kyoto 2009 .
  • * 2011 , C. Journeau and M. Ficsher, Nuclear Safety in Light Water Reactors: Severe Accident Phenomenology , page 569:
    • As a result, dedicated core catchers have been designed that can gather the corium and cool it safely.
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    conium

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) Any of one or two species in the genus Conium of poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants.

    • Synonyms

    * poison hemlock