/tawr"ohs, tohr"-, taw rohs", toh-/ , adj.
1. Bot. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
2. Zool. bulging.
Also, torous /tohr"euhs, tawr"-/ .
[ 1750-60; torosus bulging, full of muscle, equiv. to tor ( us ) bulge + -osus -OSE 1 ]