A short form of the male given name Mortimer.

Temporary stiffness of a body's muscles and joints following death.

Misspelling of rigor mortis.

(UK, informal, rare) A condition of the housing market in which very few houses are bought and sold.

The reduction in body temperature following death.

At the moment of death.

(medicine) A settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin, typically occurring after death.

(law) A deathbed gift: a future gift given in expectation of the donor's imminent death and only delivered upon the donor's death.

plural of donatio mortis causa

(woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. / Stability; power of adhesion.