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 rig·or mor·tis /ˌrɪgɚ/
 尸殭

 rig·or mor·tis /ˌrɪgɝˈmɔrtəs , ˌraɪˌgɔ(ə)r-/ 名詞
 死後強直,尸殭

 Ri·gor n.
 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  Physiol., a form of rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated to about 50° C. -- Rigor mortis , 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.

 rigor mortis
      n 1: temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity
           occurring after death
      2: muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and
         last for about 4 days