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Turgescence
TURGES'CENCE
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turgescence
turgescence
English
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Noun
turgescence (countable and uncountable, plural turgescences)
- The act of swelling, or state of being swollen or turgescent.
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- Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
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