RIGOR MORTIS
\ɹˈɪɡə mˈɔːtiz], \ɹˈɪɡə mˈɔːtiz], \ɹ_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə m_ˈɔː_t_i_z]\
Definitions of RIGOR MORTIS
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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Muscular rigidity which develops in the cadaver usually from 4 to 10 hours after death and lasts 3 or 4 days.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Daniel Lyons
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The stiffening of the body after death, due to myosin-formation, and lasting till the commencement of decomposition.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Death stiffening. The rigidity of limbs that occurs on dissolution. See Rigidity.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: necronarcema. The temporary rigidity which occurs soon after death; due to certain chemical changes in the muscles resulting in the formation of myosin.
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In a physiological sense, rigidity due to the changes which take place in a muscle that has lost its irritability. The muscle becomes opaque and inelastic, no muscle currents are present, and its acidity is increased. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe