death-stiffness

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death-stiffness

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noun death stiffness

  1. uncountable Temporary stiffness of the body's muscles and joints following death; rigor mortis. If the muscles of cold-blooded animals are heated to a temperature of 40° C, the " warmth-rigidity" (Wärmestarre), a condition very similar to death-stiffness, is superinduced. The cause of the death-stiffness and warmth-stiffness, is in the fact that certain fluid ingredients [...]

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@misc{death_stiffness_2026,
  title = {death-stiffness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/death-stiffness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}