rima oris

Thesaurus

Noun

rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"mouth, oral cavity, oral fissureteeth, dentition - the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animalglossa, lingua, tongue, clapper - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavitymouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"cakehole, maw, yap, gob, trap, hole - informal terms for the mouthbuccal cavity - the cavity between the jaws and the cheeksgingiva, gum - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teethpalate, roof of the mouth - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavitiessalivary gland - any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestionrima - a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts

rima oris

rima

[ri´mah] (L.) a cleft or crack.rima glot´tidis the elongated opening between the true vocal cords and between the arytenoid cartilages; called also vocal area.rima o´ris the opening of the mouth.rima palpebra´rum palpebral fissure.rima puden´di the space between the labia majora; called also pudendal fissure.

or·al fis·sure

[TA] the horizontal opening between the lips leading into the oral vestibule; the aperture of the mouth. Synonym(s): rima oris [TA], oral opening ☆

ri·ma o·ris

(rī'mă ōr'is) [TA] The mouth slit; the aperture of the mouth.

rima oris

Related to rima oris: rima palpebrarum

noun

Synonyms for rima oris

noun the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

Synonyms

mouth
oral cavity
oral fissure

Related Words

teeth
dentition
glossa
lingua
tongue
clapper
mouth
cakehole
maw
yap
gob
trap
hole
buccal cavity
gingiva
gum
palate
roof of the mouth
salivary gland
rima