turgor

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, from turgēre (“to be swollen”) +‎ -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root).

Noun

turgor (countable and uncountable, plural turgors)

  1. Turgidity.
  2. (physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
  3. (botany) Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.

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Latin

Etymology

From turgeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

turgor m (genitive turgōris); third declension

  1. swelling
  2. turgidity, bombast

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative turgor turgōrēs
genitive turgōris turgōrum
dative turgōrī turgōribus
accusative turgōrem turgōrēs
ablative turgōre turgōribus
vocative turgor turgōrēs

Descendants

  • → English: turgor
  • → Italian: turgore
  • → Portuguese: turgor

References

  • turgor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “turgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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