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rigor mortis
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rig·or mor·tis
/ ˌrigər ˈmôrtəs/
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n. Med.
stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death, usually lasting from one to four days.
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Why does a body stiffen up after death from rigor mortis??
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 10/22/2007; ; 365 words
; ...living body die at different rates. Rigor mortis is due to a complex chemical reaction...acid and a shorter time for rigor mortis to develop. For those who are muscular...more slowly and lasts longer. Rigor mortis lasts for 12-24 hours, after which...
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ARTS ETC: THE CRITICS: RADIO: Forensic pathologists. Useful, yes. But funny? Rigor Mortis BBC Radio 4 In Our Time BBC Radio 4
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 6/15/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...another comedy series from Radio 4. Rigor Mortis goes out at that time of night when...need is a talented writer. Rigor Mortis may have one but on the evidence...the "sit" of sitcom. In Rigor Mortis, this is a forensic pathology lab...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Brush up on Latin: rigor mortis.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/4/2002; 234 words
; ...like stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity of a dead body. Rigor mortis always 'sets in' a few hours after death, and lasts from one...goes flaccid again. Example: Latin is a language so dead that rigor mortis has set in.
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Rigor and Rigor Mortis
Magazine article from: ASQ Six Sigma Forum Magazine; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Dictionary.com's first definition for the word "rigor" is "strictness, severity or harshness, as in dealing...creativity, energy and commitment of the team members. Rigor mortis was obvious in the way team members dragged into the meetings...
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Rigor Mortis
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 7/5/2006; ; 632 words
; ...Nanouk Leopold July 7 through 14 Museum of the Moving Image Rigor Mortis Grave Dutch mopefest a little too restrained The plan...this schema in one of three ways: awed appreciation for rigor and textural cool; fatigue in the face of so much studied...
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Rigor mortis in power
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 12/6/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...of inertia about the Government which not even the eight prime ministerial "communications" advisers can dispel. Rigor mortis has set in while it is yet alive. This, I confess, is not the first time I have seen a government in such a state...
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Rigor mortis smiles
Magazine article from: New Statesman; 10/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...behaved. Tories wander around commenting about how fine everything is, how confident the mood is. Faces have a slight rigor mortis smile to them; delegates go from speech to fringe meeting with a dazed look, like those in the final pages of Patrick...
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Rigor mortis for Ray Harding and the Liberals
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News; 11/13/2002; ; 433 words
; Tatum, Wilbert A. New York Amsterdam News 11-13-2002 Rigor mortis has set in for Ray Harding and the Liberals. They have rolled over and died, as has been expected in political circles for years...
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Preview: Radio `Rigor Mortis', Thursday 11pm Radio 4
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 6/8/2003; ; 422 words
; ...However ludicrous the events may be, you have a base of something very stark and very sober." Part of the comedy in Rigor Mortis derives from the characters' tactlessness outside the lab. The chief pathologist can't understand why his hospital...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Tam Cowan : Dad-to-be's rigor mortis.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 12/21/2005; 353 words
; ...that Julio Iglesias Snr has died just two days after announcing he was to become a father again at the age of 90. Has rigor mortis definitely set in? Or do you think it might just be the Viagra? Anyway, talking of people who are still performing...
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Rigor Mortis and Other Postmortem Changes
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
Rigor Mortis and Other Postmortem Changes Once the heart stops beating, blood collects in the most dependent parts of the body (livor mortis), the body stiffens (rigor mortis), and the body begins to cool (algor mortis). The blood...
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Rigor Mortis
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
Rigor Mortis Rigor mortis, from the Latin for "stiffness of death" is the rigidity that develops...temperature. A colder temperature promotes a slower onset of rigor mortis. Knowledge of the progression of rigor mortis can be very useful for...
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rigor mortis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
rigor mortis , rigidity of the body that occurs after death. The onset may vary from...at death and on factors in the atmosphere, particularly temperature. Rigor mortis affects the facial musculature first and then spreads to other parts of...
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rigor
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...severity or strictness: the full rigor of the law. ∎ ( rigors ) demanding, difficult, or extreme conditions: the rigors of a harsh winter. 2. Med. a sudden...x220E; short for rigor mortis .
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Time of Death
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...such as cooling rates (algor mortis), stiffening ( rigor mortis ), initiation and duration...at the moment of death. The rigor mortis phase is not the best...onset and duration of rigor mortis are temperature, existing antemortem...
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