Physiol. and Bot. [a. post-cl. L. turgor (Martianus Capella), f. turgēre to swell: cf. horror, terror, etc.] a. The normal swollen condition of the capillaries and smaller blood-vessels. b. A state of turgidity and consequent rigidity in a cell, as that caused by the absorption of fluid.
1876. trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 178. Lymphatics are the chief regulators of the turgor of the tissues.
1882. Nature, 12 Jan., 258/2. The second phase of the … variation is probably dependent on the diminution of turgor of the excited cells.
1882. Quain’s Med. Dict., 328/1. With the cessation of the circulation and vital turgor, the skin becomes ashy pale, and the tissues lose their elasticity.
