[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, trans. 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.
