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turgescent, a.|tɜːˈdʒɛsənt|
[ad. L. turgēscent-em: see prec. and -ent.]
Becoming swollen; swelling, growing bigger.
1727Bailey vol. II, Turgescent, swelling or growing big. 1755in Johnson. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 378 A turgescent, and especially a varicose state of the internal hemorrhoidal vessels. 1831T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle 6 Arms, three empty bladders, turgescent, to show how opinions are formed. 1857Bullock Cazeaux' Midwif. 83 The nipple is more projecting, turgescent, and sensitive. 1891F. Darwin in Nature 27 Aug. 408/1 In a growing shoot the turgescent pith stretches the cortex. |