u·vu·la (y  vy -l)n. A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin  vula, swollen uvula, diminutive of Latin va, grape, swollen uvula.] |
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]
| uvula (yvy-l) A small mass of fleshy tissue that hangs from the back of the soft palate. |
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| Noun | 1. |  uvula - a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palatesoft 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 |
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