| 单词 | rigor mortis |
| 释义 | rigor mortis[ rig-er -mawr-tis, or, especially British, rahy-gawr ] / ˈrɪg ər ˈmɔr tɪs, or, especially British, ˈraɪ gɔr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rigor mortis ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe stiffening of the body after death. Origin of rigor mortis1830–40; <Latin: literally, stiffness of death Words nearby rigor mortisrigmarole, rigolet, Rigoletto, rigor, rigorism, rigor mortis, rigorous, rigour, rig out, Rigsdag, rigsdaler Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for rigor mortisrigor mortis / (ˈrɪɡə ˈmɔːtɪs) / nounpathol the stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity of a dead body, caused by depletion of ATP in the tissues. It begins two to four hours after death and lasts up to about four days, after which the muscles and joints relax Word Origin for rigor mortisC19: Latin, literally: rigidity of death Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for rigor mortisrigor mortis [ (rig-uhr mawr-tis) ] Stiffening of the muscles of the body that occurs after death. Rigor mortis is Latin for “stiffness of death.” notes for rigor mortisFiguratively, rigor mortis refers to an absence of flexibility or vitality: “By the time the school finally closed, rigor mortis had set in in nearly every department.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Medical definitions for rigor mortisrigor mortis [ môr′tĭs ] n.Muscular stiffening following death.postmortem rigidity The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for rigor mortisrigor mortis [ rĭg′ər môr′tĭs ] Muscular stiffening following death, resulting from the unavailability of energy needed to interrupt contraction of the muscle fibers. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。