turgescence
- a word derived from turgescent.
Example Sentences
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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 Darwin, Charles
The right arm feels heavy and she cannot lift it well; feels a sensation of numbness as if the clothing was too tight, with turgescence of the veins.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
There is, moreover, a tendency to turgescence in their speech that leads the unwary into a false estimate of their intellectual range.
From Aliens by McFee, William
Inflammation, for example, is characterized by tumefaction, turgescence of the tissues, and redness.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
On this latter effect probably depends the fact that many asthmatics are better in a city like London than elsewhere, the smoke relieving the turgescence of the inferior turbinals of the nose.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
