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noun (pl=uvulas, pl2=uvulae)
  1. (anatomy) The fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: huig
  • French: luette , uvule , uvula
    1. French, uvula
    2. German: Gaumenzí¤pfchen
Etymology: uvulaLatin, uvula, "little grape", diminutive of uva, "grape".


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