TURGOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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 membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("turgor" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

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