Definition of rigor. Meaning of rigor. Synonyms of rigor

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Definition of rigor

Rigor
Rigor Ri"gor, n. [L. See Rigor., below.] 1. Rigidity; stiffness. 2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. Rigor caloris[L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.), a form of rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated to about 50[deg]C. Rigor mortis[L., rigor of death], death stiffening; the rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and lasts till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the individual muscle fibers.

Meaning of rigor from wikipedia

- rigour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rigour (British English) or rigor (American English; see spelling differences) describes a condition of stiffness...
- Look up rigor mortis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rigor mortis (Latin: rigor "stiffness", and mortis "of death"), or postmortem rigidity, is the...
- Rigor mortis is one of the recognizable signs of death. Rigor mortis also may refer to: Rigor Mortis (film), 2013, by Juno Mak Rigor Mortis (radio), 2003-2006...
- Rigor Sardonicous is an American doom metal band from Long Island, New York. Coined as "raw, apocalyptic doom", Rigor Sardonicous is one of the earliest...
- Roberto Nicholas "Snaffu" Rigor (August 8, 1946 – August 3, 2016) was a Filipino songwriter and vocalist. He started composing in 1964. His first recorded...
- "On Exactitude in Science" or "On Rigor in Science" (the original Spanish-language title is "Del rigor en la ciencia") is a one-paragraph short story written...
- proponents of OPM. The band originally consisted of Spanky Rigor, Roger Rigor, Male Rigor, Celso Llarina, Monet Gaskell, Val Sotto and Jun Medina. They...
- Rigor Mortis was an American thrash metal band that formed in 1983 in the Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas metroplex. Two schoolmates, Harden Harrison (drums)...
- Cognitive rigor is a combined model developed by superimposing two existing models for describing rigor that are widely accepted in the education system...
- confused by trembling. Severe chills with violent shivering are called rigors. Chills occur when the hypothalamic temperature set point is suddenly elevated...