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UK
/tˈɜːɡɐ/
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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
How To Use turgor In A Sentence
- More details came from studies using the pressure microprobe to monitor changes in cell turgor pressure while growth was also monitored during stepwise changes in medium water status.
- Fruit cell turgors were obtained by probing the mesocarp cells directly under the fruit epidermis.
- When mature, a perithecium contains several hundred asci that are ejected by turgor pressure.
- For otherwise healthy adults, the triggers for the need for immediate medical attention for diarrhea include blood and/or mucus in the stools, fever accompanied by shaking chills, and/or if dehydration is occurring (symptoms of dehydration include a dry or sticky mouth, low or no urine output (concentrated urine appears dark yellow), not producing tears, and sunken eyes; clinical signs include low blood pressure, rapid pulse rates, poor skin turgor, and delayed capillary refill). We are in Mexico and my husband is ill
- When cells leaked, turgor pressure irreversibly declined.
- Leaves move by means of turgor pressure changes at the pulvinus at the base of each lamina.
- A molecular explanation for turgor-dependent changes in wall rheology is proposed in the quantitative molecular model of Passioura and Fry.
- Cell expansion is driven by turgor pressure, and in healthy tissues is usually limited by the extensibility of the cell wall or sometimes by the wall yield threshold.
- An increase in turgor also causes a depolarization in the turgor-regulating charophytes Chara longifolia and Lamprothamnium succinctum.
- The turgor of leaf epidermal cells exhibited a similar response.