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RIGOR MORTIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rigor mortis mean?
• RIGOR MORTIS (noun)
The noun RIGOR MORTIS has 2 senses:
1. temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after death
2. muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and lasts for about 4 days
Familiarity information: RIGOR MORTIS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rigor mortis" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and lasts for about 4 days
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("rigor mortis" is a kind of...):
rigidification; rigidifying; stiffening (the process of becoming stiff or rigid)
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