Nor were the blows simply resisted by the Turgescence of the body; the skin itself seemed to have been modified in a manner unknown in a state of health.
"Modern Magic"
Maximilian Schele de Vere
The Turgescence may involve the whole extent of the mucosa of the inferior turbinated bodies, including their posterior ends.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Turgescence of cerebral vessels.
"Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology"
W. G. Aitchison Robertson