Rigor Mortis
Related Category: Pathology
(r´gr mõr´ts), rigidity of the body that occurs after death.
Rigor mortis is the reason why the word "stiff" is a slang term for a dead body. Two or three hours after a person or animal dies, the muscles start to stiffen. This phenomenon progresses in a downward, head-to-toe direction.
rigor mortis
r mts noun a condition in which the muscles of a dead body become stiff after death and then become relaxed ...
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Rigor mortis, the stiffness of a corpse within the first 24 hours after death, is also due to this phenomenon.
Using a muscle inappropriately.
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 See also: Death, Fever, Symptom, Arthritis, Temperature
  
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