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Turgor is the tense state of cells caused by intracellular hydrostatic pressure. A decrease in turgor is accompanied by the processes of withering, aging and cell destruction.
The value of turgor depends on three factors: the internal osmotic pressure of the cell, which causes tension in the cell membrane, external osmotic pressure, and the elasticity of the cell membrane.
The word “turgor” was formed from the Late Latin turgor - “swelling, filling”, which, in turn, comes from the Latin turgere - “to be swollen, filled”.