uvula

Meaning of uvula

noun
  1. The fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
  2. 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.
  3. An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper.

Information about uvula

Hyphenation of uvula

uvula

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • uvula is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

uvula synonyms

Meaning :

staphyle, tonsils

Translation of uvula

Words that rhyme with uvula

valvula, Ovula

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