rigor mortis
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“This implies they were put there before rigor mortis set in or after it had passed.”
From New York Times • May 16, 2023
Amid the war dead lies a horse on its back, presumably in a state of rigor mortis but better resembling a house pet in need of a belly rub.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023
Paramedics told investigators the man had rigor mortis, meaning he had been dead for hours, undercutting the staff’s contention they monitored patients closely.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2022
In the hours after death, bodies go through a process called rigor mortis where muscles contract and stiffen.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2022
It was the same technique we used at the chevra kadisha, when working on a corpse afflicted by rigor mortis.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
