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UVULA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: uvulae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("uvula" is a kind of...):

flap (a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body)

Holonyms ("uvula" is a part of...):

soft palate; velum (a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking)

Derivation:

uvular (of or relating to or associated with the uvula)

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