turgescent
adjective
[ təːˈdʒɛs(ə)nt ]
• becoming or seeming swollen or distended.
• "the cells are highly vacuolized, turgescent, and present a ‘chordal’ appearance"
Origin:
early 18th century: from Latin turgescent- ‘beginning to swell’, from the verb turgescere, from turgere ‘to swell’.
