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Turgidity
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The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
Examples of turgor in a Sentence
This regulation of turgor is as characteristic of vegetable protoplasm as contraction is of muscle.
It is this cell turgor that gives the plant support.
The extent of the area affected and of the variation in the turgor depends upon many circumstances, but we have no doubt that in the process of modifying its own permeability by some molecular change we have the counterpart of muscular contractibility.
Water will be lost through transpiration or just used for maintaining turgor in cells.
C. Signs of dehydration such as poor skin turgor, serum electrolyte imbalance, increased weakness, or fatigue.
The driving force for cell growth is turgor pressure.
Because of its importance in turgor maintenance, potassium is essential to get maximum leaf extension and stem elongation.