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Webster 1828 Edition


Turgescence

TURGES'CENCE


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turgescence

turgescence

English

Alternative forms

Noun

turgescence (countable and uncountable, plural turgescences)

  1. The act of swelling, or state of being swollen or turgescent.
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  2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
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French

Noun

turgescence f (plural turgescences)

  1. swelling
  2. turgor