Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, fleshy mass of tissue, especially that which hangs from the soft palate above the base of the tongue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small free conical body, projecting downward and backward from the middle of the pendulous margin of the soft palate, composed of the uvular muscles covered by mucous membrane. See cuts under
tonsil and mouth. - noun A prominent section of the inferior vermiform process of the cerebellum, in advance of the pyramid, between the two lateral lobes known as the amygdalæ or tonsils: so called from being likened to the uvula of the palate.
- noun A slight projection of mucous membrane from the bladder into the cystic orifice of the urethra; the uvula vesicæ luette vésicale, or uvula of the bladder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
fleshy appendage thathangs from the back of thepalate , that closes thenasopharynx during swallowing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(Did anyone else's grandmother call their uvula an alligouzal?
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2006
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The uvula is the fleshy thing that hangs down from the roof of your mouth.
How to Snore in French Con Chapman 2011
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The uvula is a little piece of flesh that hangs down at the back of your throat.
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GROSS: You have a very unique voice, and physically one of the reasons for part of the uniqueness of your singing is that you don't have a uvula, which is that … Ms. O'DAY: Oh, you read my book … GROSS: I did read your book.
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I remember one mum accosting me at preschool to ask if I really had to teach my son the word uvula at age three.
Archive 2006-09-01 L. Lee Lowe 2006
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I remember one mum accosting me at preschool to ask if I really had to teach my son the word uvula at age three.
The Naming of Parts L. Lee Lowe 2006
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And I'm sure if that if you ever did jail time - which is possible, thanks the crimes you committed under your addiction - you'd be telling us all how the head of an unwashed cock banging against your uvula was a big guffaw.
The Horror... The Horror.... mikester 2004
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I have never been quite free from a tickling pain since the bronchitis of last year, and it has recently assumed the form of extreme relaxation and irritation in the uvula, which is that pendulous appendage which hangs over the orifice of the throat.
George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891
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The uvula is the central lower tip of the soft palate.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Wesley Mills 1881
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The uvula is the little teardrop tissue that hangs down from the top of the palate.
EzineArticles 2010
sonofgroucho commented on the word uvula
Like Patella, this anatomical term sounds like a posh girl's name.
October 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word uvula
And there's WeirdNet's continuing fascination with fleshy protuberances...
December 5, 2007
bilby commented on the word uvula
"I met Uvula at the Cabal Club. She was an ice-cream sundae of glitter topped in a beret. I sat quietly at a stool next to her and she blew smoke over her shoulder, anywhere, away away, as if it might melt her illusion of perfection."
December 5, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word uvula
Found a cool usage. "One reader barely escaped mid-smooch tragedy when a rubber band on his sweetheart's braces came unhooked and nearly shot him in the uvula. A direct hit would have triggered the same reflex that causes projectile vomiting."
(Guide to Getting It On, 72)
April 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word uvula
That would have been spectacular.
April 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word uvula
Not so much for the sweetheart, though.
April 10, 2008