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uvula


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Uvula  \U"vu*la\,  n.  [NL.,  dim  of  L.  uva  a  grape,  the  uvula.] 
  (Anat.) 
  The  pendent  fleshy  lobe  in  the  middle  of  the  posterior  border 
  of  the  soft  palate. 
 
  Note:  The  term  is  also  applied  to  a  somewhat  similar  lobe  on 
  the  under  side  of  the  cerebellum  and  to  another  on  the 
  inner  surface  of  the  neck  of  the  bladder. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  uvula 
  n  :  a  small  pendant  fleshy  lobe  at  the  back  of  the  soft  palate 




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