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rigored

rigored adjective: exhibiting rigor mortis.

Adjective

rigored (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting rigor mortis.
    • 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.2008, Will Chapleau, Melissa Alexander, Barron's EMT: Emergency Medical Technician Exam, page 39
    • It is not uncommon for drowning victims to have marine vegetation clenched in fully rigored fists when their bodies are recovered […]2010, Joseph A. Prahlow, Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists

Origin of rigored

From rigor + -ed.

Questions about rigored

What does rigored mean?
Rigored means exhibiting rigor mortis.
What part of speech is rigored?
Rigored is an adjective.

Words near rigored in the dictionary

  1. rigor caloris
  2. rigor mortis
  3. rigor mortised
  4. rigor mortises
  5. rigor mortising
  6. rigored
  7. rigorisation
  8. rigorise
  9. rigorism
  10. rigorisms
  11. rigorist

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