rl'ma, gen. and pi. ri'mce

[L. a slit.] slit or fi ure, or narrow elongated opening between two symmetrical parts, r. cornea'lis [BNA], corneal cleft, a groove in the sclera into which the edge of the cornea fits. r. glot'tid is [BNA], glottis vera, true glottis, the interval between the true vocal cords, r. o'ris [BNA], the mouth-slit, the aperture of the mouth, r. palpebra'rum [BNA], the lid-slit or fi ure between the opposed lids of the closed eye. i. puden'di [BNA], r. vulvse, pudendal or vulvar slit, urogenital cleft, the cleft between the labia major a. r. respirato'ria, r. vestibuli. r. Testib'uU [BNA], glottis spuria, false glottis, the interval between the false vocal cords, r. voca'lis, r. glottidis. r. tuIvsb, r. pudendi.