rima glot·ti·dis -'glät-əd-əs n the passage in the glottis between the true vocal cords
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[TA] fissure of glottis: the elongated opening between the true vocal cords and between the arytenoid cartilages. It consists of an intercartilaginous part and an intermembranous part; see pars intercartilaginea rimae glottidis and pars intermembranacea rimae glottidis.
Laryngoscopic view of rima glottidis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.