Their language is Chamorro, much resembling the Visayan dialect. The Philippine Islands John Foreman It also obtained among the Chamorro of the Ladrones, who termed it tshomiko.
haustrum. (anatomy). An outpocketing or pouch of the colon.
Turgor: Turgor, Pressure exerted by fluid in a cell that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall. Turgor is what makes living plant tissue rigid. Loss of turgor, resulting from the loss of water from plant cells, causes flowers and leaves to wilt. Turgor plays a key role in the opening and closing of stomata (see stoma) in leaves. Learn More in these related articles: