a. [f. L. turgēsc-ĕre: see above and -IBLE.] Capable of swelling up.
1841. in Brit. & For. Med. Rev., XII. Oct., 532. This membrane is composed of a turgescible or erectile vascular tissue.
1886. Med. News, 21 Aug., 214. Similar but less extensive turgescible tissue exists in other portions of the nasal mucous membrane.
