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) Turgidity. (physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane. (botany) Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== turgor pressure ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From turgeō +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊr.ɡɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtur.ɡor] === Noun === turgor m (genitive turgōris); third declension swelling turgidity, bombast ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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