uvula

u·vu·la (y

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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 (y

-l

)

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

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Noun

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)

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adenoid
adenoids
azygos
azygous
cleft palate
flap
Luschka's tonsil
lymphatic tissue
lymphoid tissue
pharyngeal tonsil
pharynx
sleep apnoea
soft palate
Staphyline
staphylo-
staphyloplasty
staphylorrhaphy
third tonsil
tonsilla adenoidea

A non-invasive laser treatment is used to treat snoring; it is carried out under local anaesthetic and works by using a laser to reshape the uvula at the back of the throat.

WIN a cure for your snoring worth pounds 2,000 by Birmingham Mail (England)

A hardening agent is injected just under the skin on the top of the mouth in front of the uvula, or upper palate, creating a small blister.

SNORING STOPPED BY pounds 3 JAB; Two-minute cure lasts a year by The Mirror (London, England)

Sometimes, surgeons also result to the removal of the uvula in the mouth which is also known as the chief vibratory tissue.

Uppp & Laup Snoring Surgery Methods by Shareen Aguilar / Self Improvement community

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