turgor

See also: Turgor

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.
   • 2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     Cuttings in a vase lost their turgor, incapable of drawing up the water and nutrients that once kept them supple.

Synonyms

• tumescence
• tumidity
• turgescence
• turgidity

 

Derived terms

• turgor pressure

Translations

(physics) turgor pressure

• Malayalam: ലീനമർദ്ദം (līnamaṟddaṁ)

Latin

Etymology

From turgeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ɡor/, [ˈt̪ʊrɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ɡor/, [ˈt̪urɡor]

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

Related terms

• turgeō
• turgēscō
• turgiditās
• turgidus

 

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