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rima glottidis

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Main Entry: rima glot·ti·dis
Pronunciation: -'glät-&d-&s
Function: noun
: the passage in the glottis between the true vocal cords
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rima glottidis rima glot·ti·dis (glŏt'ĭ-dĭs)
n.
The narrow opening between the vocal cords.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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rima glottidis

either the space between the vocal fold and arytenoid cartilage of one side of the larynx and those of the other side, or the structures that surround that space. See larynx.

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