turgor

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Konzepte

Turgor

Synonyme

tumescence

turgidity

Übersetzungen

turgescence

turgore

turgencia

turgescência

şişkinlik

إكتناز

Etymologie (Englisch)

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