turgescent
adjective
becoming swollen; swelling.
turgescence
-
a word derived from
turgescent.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
There are no symptoms that are pathognomonic, but œdema of the scalp with turgescence of its veins, epistaxis, and convulsions followed by paralysis, are those most likely to be met with.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
It is in youth that this turgescence and clearness are most evident.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
Long-continued movement would be impossible in any part, without an inordinate increase in its length, if the turgescence of the cells was always followed by growth.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
The growth or rapid turgescence takes place, according to the same p. 9writer, at the pace of one millimetre in three minutes.
From Springtime and Other Essays by Sir Francis Darwin
Royer on the importance of a proper state of turgescence of the cells, in 'Annal. des Sc.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
