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Turgor
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Turgidity. countable, uncountable
- 2 (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 wordnet
- 3 The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane. countable, uncountable
- 4 Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall. countable, uncountable
"Cuttings in a vase lost their turgor, incapable of drawing up the water and nutrients that once kept them supple."
Etymology
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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