rigor mortis
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The inquest was told rigor mortis - the stiffening of the body after death - had set in.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
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
To make it easier on a woman who has snuck past security to see her father's body, he wraps gauze around his head to close the open mouth that occurs when rigor mortis sets in.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2021
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
