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Definition of Rigor
1. Noun. Something hard to endure. "The asperity of northern winters"
Generic synonyms: Difficultness, Difficulty
Specialized synonyms: Sternness
Derivative terms: Grim, Severe
2. Noun. The quality of being valid and rigorous.
Generic synonyms: Believability, Credibility, Credibleness
Derivative terms: Rigorous, Valid
3. Noun. Excessive sternness. "The rigors of boot camp"
Generic synonyms: Sternness, Strictness
Derivative terms: Hard, Harsh, Harsh, Inclement, Rigorous, Rigorous, Rigorous, Severe, Severe
Definition of Rigor
1. n. Rigidity; stiffness.
2. n. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
Definition of Rigor
1. Noun. (American English) (alternative spelling of rigour) ¹
2. Noun. (slang) an abbreviated form of rigor mortis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rigor
1. strictness or severity [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rigor
1. Stiffening of muscle as a result of high calcium levels and ATP depletion, so that actin myosin links are made, but not broken. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rigor
Literary usage of Rigor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"In the first place we have to mention other forms of rigor which are to be ...
An extremity of a living animal gets into a state of rigor if its circulation ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"Ordinary rigor mortis," he wrote, " is developed after muscular irritability has
ceased, but before putrefaction sets in. The appearance of battlefield ..."
3. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"In the cold-blood.ed animals, the development of rigor is very much slower ...
Upon an isolated frog's muscle the most striking fact regarding rigor mortis ..."
4. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"In the cold-blooded animals the development of rigor is very much slower than in
... Upon an isolated frog's muscle the most striking fact regarding rigor ..."
5. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"The chemical changes during rigor have been referred to above, ... Hermann, in
his original experiments, asserts that in rigor there is, so to speak, ..."
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