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Definition of Turgor

1. Noun. (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.

Definition of Turgor

1. Noun. the pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane. ¹

2. Noun. the state of being turgid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turgor

1. the quality or state of being turgid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Turgor

1. The pressure within cells, especially plant cells, derived from osmotic pressure differences between the inside and outside of the cell giving rise to mechanical rigidity of the cells. Turgor drives cell expansion and certain movements such as the closing or opening of stomata. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Turgor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"THE EFFECT OF SUDDEN CHANGES OF turgor AND OF TEMPERATURE OX GROWTH. ... Growth and turgor pressure are, therefore, shown to stand in no directly ..."

2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"turgor MOVEMENTS Motor organs. — In a considerable number of plants thin-walled turgid cells are so arranged that the position of the organ of which they ..."

3. Manures and Fertilizers: A Text-book for College Students and a Work of by Homer Jay Wheeler (1913)
"Potassium in connection with turgor. — Notwithstanding that many writers even yet refer to " the function " of potassium salts as if potassium performed ..."

4. Experimental Plant Physiology by Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1895)
"turgor.—When a living cell, composed of protoplasm enclosing the cell-sap and surrounded by ... Thus a cell-tension is set up which is denoted turgor (Fig. ..."

5. Drought Resistance in Crops with Emphasis on Rice by International Rice Research Institute (1982)
"Because expansive growth was considered to be mediated by turgor potential interactions with cell wall elastic properties (Lockhart 1965, 1967; ..."

6. Œdema and Nephritis: A Critical, Experimental and Clinical Study of the by Martin Fischer (1921)
"By turgor the plant physiologists understand the normal rigidity of the plant ... In the use of the term turgor they agree with the plant physiologists. ..."

7. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1896)
"Growth and turgor pressure are, therefore, shown to stand in no directly proportional relation. Similar results were found to follow temperature changes, ..."

8. Practical Physiology of Plants by Francis Darwin, Edward Hamilton Acton (1909)
"SECTION B. turgor. (146) Plasmolysis, microscopic ... In order to realise the existence of turgor the well- known microscopic observation of the effect of ..."

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