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.
Common Suffixes and Their Meanings. A suffix is a meaningful unit of letters attached to the end of a word. Suffixes have the power to change the meaning or even grammatical function of a word! Knowing the meaning behind suffixes can help you identify what part of speech the word is. Some suffixes indicate verb tense. These are the most common and recognizable suffixes because everyone uses them all the time. â 1 s /âes = present tense suffixes: She does what she likes! â 2 ed = past tense suffix: I lived here! â 3 en = used with past participle and perfect tenses (appears with forms of the verbs âwillâ and âhaveâ): I will have eaten by then.