Rigor Mortis

Definition: Rigor Mortis

Rigor Mortis

Noun

1. Temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after death.

2. Muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and last for about 4 days.

Domain	Definition
Health	Muscular rigidity which develops in the cadaver usually from 4 to 10 hours after death and lasts 3 or 4 days. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Rigor mortis is a recognizable sign of human death that is caused by a chemical change in the muscles, causing the limbs of the corpse to become stiff ("rigor") and impossible to move or manipulate. Typically rigor sets in several hours after clinical death and subsides spontaneously in about two days, though the time of its onset and duration depends on ambient temperature.

The biochemical cause of rigor mortis is hydrolysis of ATP in the muscle tissue, the chemical energy source required for movement. Myosin molecules devoid of ATP become permanently adherent to actin filaments and muscles become rigid.

The signs of death are usually noted as algor mortis, rigor mortis, livor mortis and decomposition.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Death	Death warrant, death watch, death rattle, death bed; stroke of death, agonies of death, shades of death, valley of death, jaws of death, hand of death; last breath, last gasp, last agonies; dying day, dying breath, dying agonies; chant du cygne; rigor mortis; Stygian shore.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Rigor Mortis

English words defined with "rigor mortis": Rigor caloris. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Rigor Mortis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (rigor mortis), Portuguese (cadaveric rigidity, rigor mortis).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It appears my wee-wee's been stricken with rigor mortis. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)
Movie/TV Titles	Rigor Mortis - The Final Colours (2003)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Rigor mortis : verhalen (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Rigor Mortis Sets In [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "rigor mortis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏تيبس الميت, ‏التخشب الموتي. (various references)

Czech		rigor mortis. (various references)

Danish		rigor mortis (cadaveric rigidity), rigor (cadaveric rigidity), dødsstivhed (cadaveric rigidity). (various references)

Dutch		Rigor Mortis, lijkstijfheid (cadaveric rigidity), kadaverrigiditeit (cadaveric rigidity), cadaverrigiditeit (cadaveric rigidity). (various references)

Finnish		rigor mortis (cadaveric rigidity), kuolonkankeus (cadaveric rigidity). (various references)

French		rigidité cadavérique (cadaveric rigidity). (various references)

German		Totenstarre (mortis). (various references)

Greek		νεκρική ακαμψία. (various references)

Hebrew		�"תאב� ות �"מת. (various references)

Hungarian		hullamerevség (cadaveric, cadaveric rigidness, moor). (various references)

Italian		rigidit� cadaverica (cadaveric rigidity). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		死後硬直 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		し�"�"うちょく. (various references)

Manx		starkagh yn vaaish. (various references)

Pig Latin		igorray ortismay

Portuguese		rigidez cadavérica (cadaveric rigidity, cataleptic rigor mortis). (various references)

Russian		трупное окоченение (cadaveric rigidity, cadaveric spasm). (various references)

Spanish		rigor mortis (cadaveric rigidity, cataleptic rigor mortis), rigor cadavérico, rigidez cadavérica. (various references)

Turkish		öldükten sonra vücudun katılaşması. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Rigor Mortis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rigour mortis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-i-i-m-o-o-r-r-r-s-t"
	-3 letters: rigorism, rigorist.
	-4 letters: mirrors.
	-5 letters: griots, grooms, mirror, morris, morros, motors, ogrism, rigors, rotors, trigos.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
rigor mortis	107
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Rigor Mortis

Definition: Rigor Mortis

Rigor Mortis

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