turgor

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noun

Turgidity.

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Meanings

nounturgor (countable and uncountable, plural turgors)

plural turgors

  1. countableuncountableTurgidity.

    Synonyms: tumescence, turgescence, turgidity, tumidity, bloatedness, bloating, distension, ectasia

  2. countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
  3. countableuncountablebiologyTurgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.

    Cuttings in a vase lost their turgor, incapable of drawing up the water and nutrients that once kept them supple.

    2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounTurgidity.

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tumescenceturgescenceturgiditytumiditybloatednessbloatingdistensionectasiaectasisintumescenceinturgescencenodosityswellingswollennesstumescencetumidityturgescenceturgidity
Also see
bloatednessbloatingswellingswollennesstumescencetumidityturgescenceturgidity

Origin

  1. Latinturgor
  2. Englishturgor

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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Translations

Indonesian turgor
  • turgor(physics) turgor pressure
Polish turgor
  • turgor(physics) turgor pressure
Cite this entry
APA

turgor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turgor

MLA

“turgor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turgor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turgor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turgor.

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