rigor mortis
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Amid the war dead lies a horse on its back, presumably in a state of rigor mortis but better resembling a house pet in need of a belly rub.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023
The paramedics were called into a room where the lead nurse was performing CPR on a dead man with rigor mortis.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023
In the hours after death, bodies go through a process called rigor mortis where muscles contract and stiffen.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2022
To make it easier on a woman who has snuck past security to see her father's body, he wraps gauze around his head to close the open mouth that occurs when rigor mortis sets in.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2021
It was the same technique we used at the chevra kadisha, when working on a corpse afflicted by rigor mortis.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
