A torus, pl. tori, is a type of surface.

Torus may also refer to:

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Biology

  • Receptacle (botany), the thickened part of a stem from which the flower and fruit parts grow
  • Sagittal keel, or sagittal torus, a structure found in crania
  • Torus, a structure of the xylem

Mathematics

Medicine

  • Torus palatinus, a bony growth on the palate
  • Torus mandibularis, a bony growth on the mandible
  • Torus tubarius, the base of the opening of Eustachian tube into the nasopharynx
  • Torus fracture, a term used in radiology to describe an incomplete fracture of the distal radius in children where there is no obvious fracture line on any radiograph.

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