algor mortis

[ ăl′gər môr′tĭs ]

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The cooling of the body that follows death.

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I bedded down for this debate, Scotch in hand, expecting to be bored five ways to rigor mortis.
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In 1991, kissable Johnny was found in a New Orleans hotel with a horrible case of rigor mortis.
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Look,” she enthused, flipping over several red-eyed mullets, “these are so fresh rigor mortis has not yet set in.
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The tissues then become tough and hard, a condition known as rigor mortis.
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Felix, non vitae tantum claritate, sid etiam opportunitate mortis.
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Tu vero felix non vit tantum claritate, sed etiam opportunitate mortis!
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