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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 deathplay

2. muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and lasts for about 4 daysplay

  Familiarity information: RIGOR MORTIS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIGOR MORTIS (noun)


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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