corneum

1. 1.

   the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off

   Synonymsstratum corneumhorny layer

   Broaderstratum

   Part ofepidermis

Other forms of corneum

plural

corneums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about corneum

What does corneum mean?

corneum means "the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off".

How many syllables are in corneum?

corneum has 3 syllables: cor-ne-um. The stress falls on "cor".

What is another word for corneum?

Close synonyms include stratum corneum, horny layer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corneum a common word?

corneum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.