"turgor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: turgors [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, from turgēre (“to be swollen”) + -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|turgor}} Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, {{suf|la|turgēre|or|nocat=1|pos2=forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root|t1=to be swollen}} turgēre (“to be swollen”) + -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} turgor (countable and uncountable, plural turgors)
  1. Turgidity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-turgor-en-noun-j7FeooRU Disambiguation of Liquids: 52 34 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Malayalam translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 23 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 12 10 5 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 12 10 3 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 77 13 11
  2. (physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations ((physics) turgor pressure): ലീനമർദ്ദം (līnamaṟddaṁ) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-turgor-en-noun-an2nP3SO Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of '(physics) turgor pressure': 2 66 31
  3. (botany) Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-turgor-en-noun-7bCeVh9y Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tumescence, tumidity, turgescence, turgidity Derived forms: turgor pressure

Inflected forms

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