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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Rigor mortis (0.00934 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rigor mortis
rigor mortis
n 1: temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity
occurring after death
2: muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and
last for about 4 days
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rigor mortis
Rigor
\Ri"gor\, n. [L. See
Rigor., below.]
1. Rigidity; stiffness.
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2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin;
a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill
preceding a fever.
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Rigor caloris[L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.), a form of
rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a
mammal is heated to about 50[deg] C.
Rigor mortis[L., rigor of death], death stiffening; the
rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and lasts
till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of
myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the
individual muscle fibers.
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