rigor mortis
the stiffening of the body after death.
Origin of rigor mortis
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How to use rigor mortis in a sentence
I bedded down for this debate, Scotch in hand, expecting to be bored five ways to rigor mortis.
Was That Obama’s Dud Double Who Lost the Debate to Romney? | Tunku Varadarajan | October 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1991, kissable Johnny was found in a New Orleans hotel with a horrible case of rigor mortis.
Look,” she enthused, flipping over several red-eyed mullets, “these are so fresh rigor mortis has not yet set in.
The tissues then become tough and hard, a condition known as rigor mortis.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesBut as I watched I saw them begin to stiffen, exactly as though rigor mortis had set in.
Allan's Wife | H. Rider Haggard
Under the back of Rand's hand, Rivers's cheek was cold; his muscles had already begun to stiffen in rigor mortis.
Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam PiperThis condition is known as rigor mortis, and continues until the third stage, when the first changes of decomposition set in.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value | Harry Snyderrigor mortis is generally not well developed, and is of short duration.
British Dictionary definitions for rigor mortis
/ (ˈrɪɡə ˈmɔːtɪs) /
pathol the stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity of a dead body, caused by depletion of ATP in the tissues. It begins two to four hours after death and lasts up to about four days, after which the muscles and joints relax
Origin of rigor mortis
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Scientific definitions for rigor mortis
[ rĭg′ər môr′tĭs ]
Muscular stiffening following death, resulting from the unavailability of energy needed to interrupt contraction of the muscle fibers.
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Cultural definitions for rigor mortis
[ (rig-uhr mawr-tis) ]
Stiffening of the muscles of the body that occurs after death. Rigor mortis is Latin for “stiffness of death.”
Notes for rigor mortis
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