Definition of "turgescence"

turgescence

/tɜː(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɛsəns/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural turgescences
1. The act of swelling, or state of being swollen or turgescent.
  Quotations
  the instant turgescence is not to be taken off
  1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […]
  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.
  1842, Gibbons Merle, John Reitch, The Domestic Dictionary and Housekeeper’s Manual: Comprising Everything Related to Cookery, Diet, Economy and Medicine. By Gibbons Merle. The Medical Portion of the Work by John Reitch, M.D., London: William Strange, 21, Paternoster Row, page 360, column 2
2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
  Quotations
  A marked tendency to affectation, to turgescence.
  1813, Monthly Review