‖ rima Physiol.
(ˈraɪmə)
[L. rīma a fissure, cleft, chink.]
Short for rima glottidis, the passage in the glottis between the vocal chords and the arytenoid cartilages.
| 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 427/2 The upper rima [in birds]..gives utterance to the note. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. (1878) 368 The rima is always more or less widely open during ordinary quiet respiration. 1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 181 Any abnormality above the rima sufficient to obstruct respiration. |