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Rigor Mortis

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Rigor mortis is the post-mortem stiffening of muscles due to a biochemical change at the molecular level after death. It is one of the most important "moderate" changes in thanatology, sitting in the time window between the early signs (cooling, lividity) and the late signs (decomposition), and it is a perennial favourite of NEET PG examiners both for time-since-death estimation and for distinguishing it from its gre

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