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- noun Plural form of
uvula .
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Examples
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And those of the soft palate are the levator veli palatini, palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus, tensor veli palatini and musculus uvulae.
Muscles Part 2 2008
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It is very dangerous to cut off or scarify enlarged uvulae while they and red and large, for inflammations and hemorrhages supervene; but one should try to reduce such swellings by some other means at this season.
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The Ephemerides and Salmuth describe uvulae so defective as to be hardly noticeable.
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