Definition of "turgescent" []

• Becoming turgid or swollen. (adjective)

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• "The more oxygen these last globules have at their disposal during their formation, the more vigorous, transparent, and turgescent, and, as a consequence of this last quality, the more active they are in decomposing sugar."
• "Except for the occasional mosquitoe, there was no sound save the turgescent sea and his Voice."
• "Then, when in the arms of the man she loves, the vagina, in sympathy with the active movements of the womb, becomes distended at the touch of the turgescent, but not fully erect, penis, "flashes open and draws in the male organ.""