UVULA

uvula

(noun) a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

uvula (plural uvulas or uvulae or uvulæ)

(anatomy) The fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.

(anatomy) The slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate.

(music) An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper.

Usage notes

• The Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) marks this word as not naturalized in English.

Synonyms

• (appendage hanging from the palate): palatine uvula, tonsils, staphyle

Source: Wiktionary

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U"vu*la, n. Etym: [NL., dim of L. uva a grape, the uvula.] (Anat.)

Definition: The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

Note: The term is also applied to a somewhat similar lobe on the under side of the cerebellum and to another on the inner surface of the neck of the bladder.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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