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
- euroland
- Euromarket
- Euromart
- Euromissile
- Euro-MP
- Euronet
- euro note
- Euronote
- Europa
- Euro Parliament
- Europarliamentarian
- Europarliamentary
- Europasian
- Europe
- European
- European Atomic Energy Community
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- European Coal and Steel Community
- European Commission
- European Commission for Human Rights
- European Community
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- European Council
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