Meaning of turgescence | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of swelling, or state of being swollen or turgescent.
   countable, uncountable
2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“the instant turgescence is not to be taken off”

“If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.”

“A marked tendency to affectation, to turgescence.”

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