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TURGOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("turgor" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
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