uvula
(Inglés)
- (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
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈjuː.vjʊl.ə/
Etimología (Inglés)
Borrowed from Late Latin ūvula, diminutive of ūva (“grape”).
cooked rice
uvula palatina
roof of mouth
Adam’s apple
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