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rigor(dictionary)
rigor(medicine)
acid rigor(medicine)
calcium rigor(medicine)
rigor mortis(dictionary)
heat rigor(medicine)
Significant Rigor(money)
rigor mortis(medicine)
myocardial rigor mortis(medicine)

rigor (iou)



rigor noun1. LME.
[Latin = numbness, stiffness. Cf. RIGOUR.]
1. Medicine. A sudden feeling of chill, accompanied by a bout of shivering, marking a rise in body temperature, as at the onset or the height of a fever. LME.
2. In full rigor mortis . The stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death, usu. lasting from one to four days. M19.