rigour mortis
Death's muscle lock
Rigour mortis is a variant spelling of rigor mortis—the stiffening of muscles that occurs in a corpse several hours after death.
The British spelling with -our appears occasionally but is nonstandard; even in British English, the Latin phrase typically retains its original spelling: rigor mortis.
- bodyPhysical structure, living thing
- limbJointed bodily projection
- deathCessation of life
- dead bodyDeceased person's remains
- dead manLifeless male body
muscle · forensic pathology · medical examiner · crime scene · torsoes · decay · skeletal muscle · stillness · corpse · stiff as a board · smooth muscle · mummification · time of death · body temperature · cause of death · post mortem · motionless · muscle contraction
rigour mortisflaccidity
Lack of firmness
limpness · suppleness · pliability · flexibility · muscle relaxation
rigour mortisvital signs
Measurable life indicators
signs of life · living tissue · animation · vitality · life
rigour, rigor, rigorous, rigorously, rigorousness, rigid, rigidity, rigidly, mortal