rigor
81rigor mortis — noun Etymology: New Latin, stiffness of death Date: 1847 temporary rigidity of muscles occurring after death …
82rigor mortis — literally the stiffness of death; in fish occurring about 8 24 hours after death and resolving after about 1 3 days, varying by species, ambient temperature, nutritional status, amount of exercise by fish before death, etc …
83rigor mortis — /rig euhr mawr tis/, or, esp. Brit., /ruy gawr/ the stiffening of the body after death. [1830 40; < L: lit., stiffness of death] * * * …
84rigor mortis — noun Temporary stiffness of a bodys muscles and joints following death …
85rigor mortis — rig·or mor·tis .rig ər mȯrt əs also chiefly Brit .rī .gȯ(ə)r n temporary rigidity of muscles occurring after death * * * the stiffening of a body that occurs within some eight hours of death, due to chemical changes in muscle tissue. It starts… …
86Rigor mortis — Dødsstivhed …
87rigor mortis — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lat., the stiffness of death …
88rigor mortis — rig|or mor|tis [ˌrıgə ˈmo:tıs, ˌraıgo: US ˌrıgər ˈmo:r ] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Modern Latin; Origin: stiffness of death ] the condition in which someone s body becomes stiff after they die …
89rigor mortis — rig|or mor|tis [ ,rıgər mɔrtıs ] noun uncount the stiffness that affects someone s body after they die …
90rigor mortis — …