Rigor: A word with two different but related meanings in medicine: 1. A chill, usually with shivering, as at the onset of high fever and chills. 2. Rigidity, as in rigor mortis, the rigidity of a body after death. The alternate spelling rigour is chiefly British. From the French, from the Latin rigor, meaning stiffness, from rigere, to be stiff.
-ine is a suffix used in chemistry to denote two kinds of substance. The first is a chemically basic and alkaloidal substance.
Ines /in-es/ [1 syll.] as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Ines). Ines' name origins are Greek, Spanish, Latin, Scottish, Gaelic and French, and the meaning of the name Ines is pure, holy; island; chaste.Ines is an alternate form of Agnes (Greek). Ines is also a derivative of Inez (Spanish, Latin).Ines is also used as a variation of Innes (Scottish, Gaelic) and Ynez (French, Spanish).nes is an alternate form of Agnes (Greek). Ines is also a derivative of Inez (Spanish, Latin). Ines is also used as a variation of Innes (Scottish, Gaelic) and Ynez (French, Spanish).