ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tori

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tori is a noun meaning plural of torus.

Meaning

plural of torus.

More Meanings

  1. (judo, martial arts) One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.
  2. (plural only) A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).

Example Sentences

While there is a hereditary component to tori, this does not explain all cases. Tori tend to appear more frequently during middle age of life; the torus palatinus is more commonly observed in females, but this is not the case with the torus mandibularis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bull, tor, tore, moldings, torula, tormogen.

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