rigidity
(rĭ-jid′ĭt-ē )

1. Tenseness; immovability; stiffness; inability to bend or be bent.
2. In mental health, resistance to change.
3. Lack of behavioral or cognitive adaptability.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Rigidity." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759152/all/rigidity.
Rigidity. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759152/all/rigidity. Accessed April 11, 2025.
Rigidity. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759152/all/rigidity
Rigidity [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759152/all/rigidity.
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