cadaveric spasm

noun

A rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis.

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Meanings

nouncadaveric spasm (plural cadaveric spasms)

plural cadaveric spasms

  1. medicineA rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis.
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