rigor mortis
Example Sentences
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The inquest was told rigor mortis - the stiffening of the body after death - had set in.
From BBC
The breath stops, the heart stops, the brain stops and rigor mortis soon appears.
From Salon
“This implies they were put there before rigor mortis set in or after it had passed.”
From New York Times
Berry nails every lyrical note of domestic rigor mortis in “Every Day a Little Death.”
From Los Angeles Times
They were probably severed after rigor mortis–a tightening of the tendons in the hours after death–had passed, Gresky argues.
From Science Magazine
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