RIMA VOCALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rima vocalis mean? 

• RIMA VOCALIS (noun)
  The noun RIMA VOCALIS has 1 sense:

1. the space between the two true vocal folds

  Familiarity information: RIMA VOCALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIMA VOCALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The space between the two true vocal folds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glottis vera; rima glottidis; rima vocalis; true glottis

Hypernyms ("rima vocalis" is a kind of...):

rima (a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts)

Holonyms ("rima vocalis" is a part of...):

glottis (the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated)