rigor caloris
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]rigor caloris (uncountable)
- (biology, archaic) A heat-induced form of rigor mortis
Usage notes
[edit]Used in a few scientific journals in the 19th century, after which the term fell out of use.
References
[edit]- “rigor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.