Turgor meaning
The normal fullness or tension produced by the fluid content of living cells or of blood vessels and capillaries.
Leaves that have lost turgor.
noun
Turgescence; turgidity.
noun
The normal distention or rigidity of living animal and plant cells due to pressure against the plasma membrane from within by the cell contents.
noun
The normal fullness or tension produced by the fluid content of living cells or of blood vessels and capillaries.
Leaves that have lost turgor.
noun
The normal fullness or tension produced by the fluid content of blood vessels, capillaries, and plant or animal cells.
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(physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
noun
Origin of turgor
- Late Latin from Latin turgēre to be swollen
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition