Rigored

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exhibiting rigor mortis. not-comparable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From rigor + -ed.

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rigor mortis

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