tur·gor (tûr g r, -gôr )n. 1. The state of being turgid. 2. Biology The normal fullness or tension produced by the fluid content of blood vessels, capillaries, and plant or animal cells. [Late Latin, from Latin turg  re, to be swollen.] |
turgor [ˈtɜːgə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the normal rigid state of a cell, caused by pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall or membrane See also turgor pressure
[from Late Latin: a swelling, from Latin turgēre to swell]
| turgor (tûrgr, -gôr) The normal fullness or tension produced by the fluid content of blood vessels, capillaries, and plant or animal cells. |
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| Noun | 1. |  turgor - (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 membranestate - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms |
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