rigor mortis

See also: rígor mortis

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rigor mortis, literally "stiffness of death".

Noun

rigor mortis (uncountable)

1. Temporary stiffness of a body's muscles and joints following death.

Derived terms

• rigored

Translations

Temporary stiffness of a body's muscles and joints following death

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屍僵／尸僵 (zh) (shījiāng), 尸僵 (zh) (shījiāng)

• Dutch: lijkstijfheid
• Finnish: kuolonkankeus (fi)
• French: rigidité cadavérique (fr) f, rigor mortis (fr) f
• German: Totenstarre (de) f, Leichenstarre (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: νεκρική ακαμψία (el) f (nekrikí akampsía)
• Hungarian: hullamerevség (hu)
• Japanese: 死後硬直 (しごこうちょく, shigo kōchoku)
• Portuguese: rigor mortis m
• Russian: тру́пное окочене́ние n (trúpnoje okočenénije)
• Spanish: rígor mortis m

See also

• death-stiffness
• rigor (slang)

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French

Noun

rigor mortis f (plural rigor mortis)

1. rigor mortis

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Portuguese

Noun

rigor mortis m (uncountable)

1. (physiology) rigor mortis (stiffness of a body following death)