Definition of Turgescences

1. turgescence [n] - See also: turgescence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turgescences

turflike
turfman
turfmen
turfs
turfski
turfskiing
turfskiings
turfskis
turfy
turg
turgencies
turgency
turgent
turgesce
turgescence
turgescences (current term)
turgescency
turgescent
turgid
turgider
turgidest
turgidities
turgidity
turgidly
turgidness
turgidnesses
turgidous
turgite
turgites
turgometer

Literary usage of Turgescences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Lines of the Practice of Physic by William Cullen (1808)
"... or may have proved ineffectual, it is absolutely necessary for the practitioner to watch the returns of these turgescences, and to obviate their effects ..."

2. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1819)
"This last drives the volume of blood to the surface with such force and rapidity, that all turgescences of the interior are instantly resolved. ..."

3. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"Erratic behaviour of the apparatus of accommodation, eccentric disturbances of hearing, evanescent or persistent turgescences of the turbi- nates, ..."

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