"rigor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪɡɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-rigor.ogg [US] Forms: rigors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*Hreyǵ-}}, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|rigor||stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness}} Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), {{m|la|rigere||to be rigid}} rigere (“to be rigid”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rigor (countable and uncountable, plural rigors)
  1. US spelling of rigour Tags: US, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: rigour
    Sense id: en-rigor-en-noun-LYcYbxVu Categories (other): American English
  2. (medicine) A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-rigor-en-noun-s-E8nynU Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (physiology, informal) Short for rigor mortis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: rigor mortis Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-rigor-en-noun-GAdi1zZb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 37 53 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: break rigor, rigor caloris, rigorous

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