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instauración/instaurada

English translation: algor mortis/ rigor mortis

17:16 Nov 28, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Forensic Report
Spanish term or phrase: instauración/instaurada
What is the translation of this in this context? Thanks:)

Como signos de muerte cierta presenta opacidad corneal bilateral, frialdad en instauración, rigidez instaurada y livideces extensas no fijas en planos declives (cara , region toraco abdominal anterior y cara anterior de extremidades, que reproducen Ias zonas de presión de la ropa y de la ropa de cama).
Sarah Webb
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:03
English translation:algor mortis/ rigor mortis
Explanation:
Rigor mortis (Latin: rigor "stiffness", mortis "of death"), or postmortem rigidity, is the third stage of death. It is one of the recognizable signs of death, characterized by stiffening of the limbs of the corpse caused by chemical changes in the muscles postmortem.
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Meritxell Asensio
Local time: 16:03
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Great answer, thank you, I'd never heard of algor mortis.
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4 +1algor mortis/ rigor mortis
Meritxell Asensio
3manifestation/manifest
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


  

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algor mortis/ rigor mortis


Explanation:
Rigor mortis (Latin: rigor "stiffness", mortis "of death"), or postmortem rigidity, is the third stage of death. It is one of the recognizable signs of death, characterized by stiffening of the limbs of the corpse caused by chemical changes in the muscles postmortem.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_mortis
    https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algor_mortis
Meritxell Asensio
Local time: 16:03
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Great answer, thank you, I'd never heard of algor mortis.

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agree  julia grassi
4 days
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manifestation/manifest


Explanation:
Instauración/instaurar, también: manifestar, mostrar, presentar, declarar.

Manifest rigidity, manifest coldness.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 10:03
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 57
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