turgescent
/təːˈdʒɛs(ə)nt
/adjective chiefly technical
Becoming or seeming swollen or distended: the cells are highly vacuolized, turgescent, and present a ‘chordal’ appearance
Derivatives
turgescence
Origin
Early 18th century: from Latin turgescent- 'beginning to swell', from the verb turgescere, from turgere 'to swell'.
Rhymes
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