Algor mortis (from Latin algor 'coldness' and mortis 'of death'), the third stage of death, is the change in body temperature post mortem, until the ambient...

livor mortis is not considered an exact way to measure time of death, but rather as a method of approximating it. Livor mortis, along with algor mortis, rigor...

Look up rigor mortis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rigor mortis (from Latin rigor 'stiffness' and mortis 'of death'), or postmortem rigidity, is...

Pallor mortis (from Latin pallor 'paleness' and mortis 'of death') is the first stage of death that occurs in those with light/white skin. An opto-electronical...

textbook conclusive signs of death clear to a lay person are: algor mortis, rigor mortis, livor mortis, and putrefaction. The cardinal signs of death may refer...

Putrefaction is the fifth stage of death, following pallor mortis, livor mortis, algor mortis, and rigor mortis. This process references the breaking down of a body...

corpse progresses through algor mortis (a reduction in body temperature until ambient temperature is reached), rigor mortis (the temporary stiffening...

match the temperature of the ambient environment, during a stage called algor mortis. Shortly after death, within three to six hours, the muscular tissues...

Stages Pallor mortis Livor mortis Algor mortis Rigor mortis Putrefaction Decomposition Skeletonization Fossilization Preservation Cryopreservation Cryonics...

changes) include: Algor mortis: body cooling; Livor mortis: settling of blood in the lowest-placed parts of the body; Rigor mortis: stiffening of limbs...