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Uvula

//ˈjuː.vjʊl.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  2. 2
    a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate wordnet
  3. 3
    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
  4. 4
    an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ūvula, diminutive of ūva (“grape”).

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