/ˈjuː.vjʊl.ə/, /ˈju.vjəl.ə/
OriginBorrowed from Late Latin ūvula, diminutive of ūva (“grape”).
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsisEllipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
- 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
- an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper
Formsuvulae(plural) · uvulas(plural) · uvulæ(archaic, plural)