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rigor mortis

Spanish, noun

rigor mortis is spelled R-I-G-O-R-M-O-R-T-I-S (11 letters). Rigor mortis is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rigor mortis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, rígor mortis is a different word: “alternative spelling of rigor mortis”.

What does rigor mortis mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerigor mortis

noun

as rígor mortis
  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of rigor mortis

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Signo comúnmente representativo de muerte que es causado por un cambio químico en los músculos que causa un estado de rigidez e inflexibilidad en las extremidades y una dificultad para mover o manipular el cadáver.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

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