{"id":71564,"date":"2020-12-30T10:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T10:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=71564"},"modified":"2023-10-13T10:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T10:22:44","slug":"rigor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/rigor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rigor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A chill.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An attack of shivering, often with fever.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Rigidity of the tissues of the body, as m rigor mortis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A rigidity of muscle tissue that prevents the muscle from responding to stimulation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An abrupt attack of shivering and a sensation of coldness, accompanied by a rapid rise in body temperature. This often marks the onset of a fever and may be followed by a feeling of heat, with copious sweating.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If prolonged, it is generally accompanied by fever, and may be a sign of the onset of some acute disease such as influenza, pneumonia, or some internal inflammation. Rigor mortis is the name given to the stiffness that ensues soon after death.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A sudden paroxysmal shaking chill occurring during a febrile illness. Onset of rigors during a febrile illness. Onset of rigors often corresponds to bacteremia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-7\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>An intense bout of shaking, commonly linked with a fever, is known as rigor. The term can also describe the stiffness or inflexibility in bodily tissues, such as in the case of rigor mortis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group final-completion w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-35\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A bout of shivering that, in adults, can occasionally occur with the beginning of an infectious fever and an increasing temperature.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chill. An attack of shivering, often with fever. Rigidity of the tissues of the body, as m rigor mortis. A rigidity of muscle tissue that prevents the muscle from responding to stimulation. An abrupt attack of shivering and a sensation of coldness, accompanied by a rapid rise in body temperature. 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