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turgor.

Turgidity.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Turgidity.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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