EGAVE

uvula

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Meaning

  1. noun Ellipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper.

Similar words

bifid vesicae prostatic utricle utricle verumontanum urethral bulb vulval vestibule vestibule uvulatomy palatine uvula

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Word family

uvulae uvulas

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