rigored

English

Etymology

rigor +‎ -ed

Adjective

rigored (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Exhibiting rigor mortis.
    • 2008, Will Chapleau, ‎Melissa Alexander, Barron's EMT: Emergency Medical Technician Exam (page 39)
      You respond to a home where an 85-year-old male apparently died in his sleep during the night. The body is cool to the touch, mottled, and rigored.
    • 2010, Joseph A. Prahlow, Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists
      It is not uncommon for drowning victims to have marine vegetation clenched in fully rigored fists when their bodies are recovered […]

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