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单词 turgescent
释义

Definition of turgescent in English:

turgescent

adjective təːˈdʒɛs(ə)nttərˈdʒɛs(ə)nt
technical
  • Becoming or seeming swollen or distended.

    the cells are highly vacuolized, turgescent, and present a ‘chordal’ appearance
    Synonyms
    swollen, bloated, tumescent, dilated, engorged, enlarged, inflated, stretched, blown up, pumped out, pumped up

Derivatives

  • turgescence

  • noun təːˈdʒɛs(ə)nsˌtərˈdʒɛs(ə)ns
    technical

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin turgescent- 'beginning to swell', from the verb turgescere, from turgere 'to swell'.

Rhymes

acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, virescent, viridescent
 
 

Definition of turgescent in US English:

turgescent

adjectivetərˈjes(ə)nttərˈdʒɛs(ə)nt
technical
  • Becoming or seeming swollen or distended.

    the cells are highly vacuolized, turgescent, and present a “chordal” appearance
    Synonyms
    swollen, bloated, tumescent, dilated, engorged, enlarged, inflated, stretched, blown up, pumped out, pumped up

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin turgescent- ‘beginning to swell’, from the verb turgescere, from turgere ‘to swell’.

 
 
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