uvula (redirected from Uvulae)

u·vu·la  (yvy-l)

n.

A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin vula, swollen uvula, diminutive of Latin va, grape, swollen uvula.]

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uvula [ˈjuːvjʊlə]

n pl -las, -lae [-ˌliː]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a small fleshy finger-like flap of tissue that hangs in the back of the throat and is an extension of the soft palate

[from Medieval Latin, literally: a little grape, from Latin ūva a grape]

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uvula  (yvy-l)

A small mass of fleshy tissue that hangs from the back of the soft palate.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

uvula - a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate soft palate, velum - a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking flap - a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body

Translations

uvula [ˈjuːvjələ] N (uvulas, uvulae (pl)) [ˈjuːvjəliː] → úvula f

uvula

n → Zäpfchen nt, → Uvula f (spec)