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tori

nounnounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈtɔ.ɹaɪ//

A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).

noun

  1. 1

    A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).

    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.

  2. 2

    Also a form of torusplural of torus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tori (“nominative/vocative plural of torus”).

noun

  1. 1

    One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 取り, from 取る (toru, “take, pick up”).

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