Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin ūvula, diminutive of ūva (“grape”).
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Anatomy, Medicine, SciencesAbbreviation, 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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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences 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
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper