Sekirov Dictionary

rigor mortis

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

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Temporary stiffness of the body's muscles and joints following death.
- Such are the principal phenomena observed during that form of contraction which I conceive to be analogous to the rigor mortis... — 1840

verb1

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To stiffen the muscles and joints with, or as if with, rigor mortis.
- As Olive was in the kitchen making some tea I asked what kind of louse the host was. “The kind you like to see laying out on a mortuary slab rigor mortising before the introduction.” — 1964

forms

rigor mortised · rigor mortising · rigor mortises

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