turgescency
(tɜːˈdʒɛsənsɪ)
[ad. med. or mod.L. turgēscentia (Blancard a 1693), f. turgēscent-em, pr. pple. of turgēscĕre: see above and -ency.]
The quality or state of being turgescent; swelling or swollen condition.
| 1666 J. Smith Old Age (1676) 117 Inflation, and Turgescency of the Seminary vessels. 1721 Quincy Hodges' Hist. Acc. Plague Lond. 157 A Turgescency or Distemperature of Humours. 1860 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 8) XXI. 973/2 The turgescency and relaxation of the organs that perform the offices of feet. |
| fig. 1710 Brit. Apollo II. No. 109. 2/2 It..proceeds from a certain Turgescency of Soul. |