uvula
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
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- 12
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- 5
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Definition of uvula
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
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noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis 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
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-der. Proto-Italic *oiwā Latin ūva Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Late Latin ūvulabor. English uvula Borrowed from Late Latin ūvula, diminutive of ūva (“grape”).
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