turgescent

American  

[tur-jes-uhnt] / tɜrˈdʒɛs ənt /

adjective

1. becoming swollen; swelling.

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turgescent British  

/ tɜːˈdʒɛsənt /

adjective

1. becoming or being swollen; inflated; tumid

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Other Word Forms

• turgescence noun
• turgescency noun

Etymology

Origin of turgescent

1720–30; < Latin turgēscent- (stem of turgēscēns ), present participle of turgēscere to begin to swell, equivalent to turg ( ēre ) to swell + -ēscent- -escent

Example Sentences

When the turgescent state of the brain, arises from a disturbance in the digestive organs, it will be remedied, by means directed to this cause.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Consequently water has a tendency to penetrate the cellular walls of plants, to distend the cells and render them turgescent.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

Except for the occasional mosquitoe, there was no sound save the turgescent sea and his Voice.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Caesalpinia, Calliandra and other trees in the tropics, which are called rain trees owing to the numerous drops of fluid which drip from the leaves under the abnormally turgescent conditions referred to.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

Second, the movement is a vital one, and is effected by contraction on the side toward which the bending takes place, rather than by turgescent tension of the opposite side.

From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa