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Dictionary: tur·gor   (tûr'gər, -gôr') pronunciation
n.
  1. The state of being turgid.
  2. Biology. The normal fullness or tension produced by the fluid content of blood vessels, capillaries, and plant or animal cells.

[Late Latin, from Latin turgēre, to be swollen.]


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Pressure exerted by fluid in a cell that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall. Turgor is what makes living plant tissue rigid. Loss of turgor, resulting from the loss of water from plant cells, causes flowers and leaves to wilt. Turgor plays a key role in the opening and closing of stomata (see stoma) in leaves.

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n

The normal resiliency of the skin caused by the outward pressure of the cells and interstitial fluid. Dehydration results in a decreased skin turgor, manifested by lax skin that, when grasped and raised between two fingers, slowly returns to a position level with the adjacent tissue.

The state of being distended and congested.

The condition of being turgid; normal or other fullness.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - saftspænding (om celler)

Nederlands (Dutch)
opgezwollenheid

Français (French)
n. - gonflement, boursouflure

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwellung, Angefülltsein, Turgor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (βιολ.) σπάργωση, εξοίδηση, πρήξιμο

Italiano (Italian)
turgore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - turgidez (f)

Русский (Russian)
(спец.) тургор

Español (Spanish)
n. - turgor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - turgo, saftspänning (om celler)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
膨胀, 肿胀, 浮夸, 膨压

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 膨脹, 腫脹, 浮誇, 膨壓

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 터거(피부의 긴장감), 팽압, 팽창

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - トルゴール, 膨圧, 膨張

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أنتفاخ, ورم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נפיחות, תפיחות, מליאות‬


 
 

 

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