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Definition of Turgescences

Turgescence
Turgescence Tur*ges"cence, Turgescency Tur*ges"cen*cy, n. [Cf. F. turgescence. See Turgescent.] 1. The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity. --Johnson.

Meaning of Turgescences from wikipedia

- Edema (American English), also spelled oedema (British English), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy and hydropsy, is the build-up of fluid in the...
- Munoz, with F. Delord. Montpellier: IRCL, February 2009. Érubescences et turgescences dans l’imaginaire shakespearien et la culture de la Renaissance, thèse...
- water flows out of the cell and the cell shrinks (plasmolysis). In hypotonic solutions, water flows into the cell and the cell swells (turgescence)....
- Richard Kayser in 1895. In 1927, Heetderks described the alternating turgescence of the inferior turbinates in 80% of a normal po****tion. According to...
- intracellular concentrations, water is forced to move into the cell (turgescence), causing it to swell in size and potentially burst, or triggering apoptosis...
- This increased flow is experienced by women as fullness, heaviness, and turgescence. The breast may become nodular because of interlobular edema and ductular-acinar...