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Definition of rigor mortis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rigor mortis

noun
 
/ˌrɪɡə ˈmɔːtɪs/
 
/ˌrɪɡər ˈmɔːrtɪs/
[uncountable]
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  1. the process by which the body becomes stiff after death
    • Rigor mortis had already set in.
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘stiffness of death’.
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