Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The fact of being stiff. Loss of suppleness and flexibility in the muscles and joints. Stiffness may be caused by an injury or an inflammatory or degenerative disease such as osteoarthritis. Persistent, prolonged, and disabling stiffness in muscles and joints should be evaluated by a doctor. A condition which may be due to a change…

A condition in which moving the neck is painful, usually caused by a strained muscle or by sitting in a cold wind. Limited mobility of the neck, often because of a simple muscle spasm. A more chronic and serious stiff neck may be caused by osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, or slipped or degenerative disks in the cervical…

In a stiff way.  

Not able to be bent or moved easily.  

Able to become easily attached like glue.  

An adhesive plaster or tape used to cover a small wound or to attach a pad of dressing to the skin.  

To attach something, to fix things together, e.g. with glue.  

A condition of great strength or vitality.  

An instrument which records how far the chest expands when a person breathes in. An instrument for measuring the expansion of the chest during breathing.