rigored

English

Etymology

rigor +‎ -ed

Adjective

rigored (not comparable)

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

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