turgor

noun

The normal fullness or tension produced by the fluid content of living cells or of blood vessels and capillaries.

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In physiology, the normal fullness of the capillaries and smaller blood-vessels, upon which is supposed to depend in part the resilience of the tissues: usually qualified by the epithet vital.

noun

In botany See the quotation.

noun

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

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turgidity

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