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rigor mortis |
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rigor mortis [ˈrɪgə ˈmɔːtɪs] n (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol the stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity of a dead body, caused by depletion of ATP in the tissues. It begins two to four hours after death and lasts up to about four days, after which the muscles and joints relax [Latin, literally: rigidity of death]
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