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noun
Turgidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: tumescence, turgescence, turgidity, tumidity, bloatedness, bloating, distension, ectasia, ectasis, intumescence, inturgescence, nodosity, swelling, swollenness, turgor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
(biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: state
History
Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, from turgēre (“to be swollen”) + -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root).
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