• the stiffness of the joints (= places where two bones are connected) and muscles of a dead body:


    Rigor mortis meaning & definition 1 of Rigor mortis.


  • Rigor mortis, which translates from Latin as stiffness of death, sets in quickly and usually ends three or four days after death. The condition results from a lack of certain chemicals in the muscles; it may be affected by muscular activity before death as well as the external temperature.

    Rigor mortis meaning & definition 2 of Rigor mortis.

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