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Meanings of rigor mortis in English

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Usage of rigor mortis in English
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I picked up the fingers and they were limp, no rigor mortis.
The Laughing Corpse
2
He tried to remember what his mother had said about rigor mortis.
A river in the sky
3
It was already in rigor mortis, the legs stiff, the spine inflexible.
Gravity
4
The body was still somewhat warm and rigor mortis had not set in.
The Circular Staircase
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He was talking about rigor mortis, a subject I had introduced.
Cat’s Cradle
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But there was no sign of rigor mortis when I first saw him.
Evanly bodies
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Her jaw had dropped open before rigor mortis had settled in.
Damaged
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Some were still in rigor mortis, their bodies stiff as furniture.
Flesh Eaters
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They were cold and locked in the vise of rigor mortis.
Carrion comfort
10
Once removed from its pore, the hair immediately stiffened in rapid rigor mortis.
Artemis Fowl
11
Full rigor mortis sets in eight to twelve hours after death.
The devil's closet
12
They are in a state of extreme contraction, far exceeding the usual rigor mortis.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
13
I think at the time the technician measured without taking into account rigor mortis.
The Guardian
14
The limbs should be straightened before the body becomes stiff ( rigor mortis).
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
15
If you died that way, you were buried that way, locked in rigor mortis.
Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
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After a while it goes into a state of rigidity known as rigor mortis.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)