ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rigored

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Rigored is an adjective meaning (medicine) Exhibiting rigor mortis.

Meaning

(medicine) Exhibiting rigor mortis.

Example Sentences

It is not uncommon for drowning victims to have marine vegetation clenched in fully rigored fists when their bodies are recovered […]
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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rigorousness, rigour, severity, hardship, asperity, grimness.

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