English Explanatory Dictionary

turgor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Turgidity.
  2. The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
  3. Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.

Word forms

turgor turgors

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, from turgēre (“to be swollen”) + -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root).

Synonyms

tumescence turgescence turgidity tumidity bloatedness bloating distension ectasia ectasis intumescence inturgescence nodosity swelling swollenness turgor

Derived words

turgor pressure
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