Uvula

Definition: Uvula

Uvula

Noun

1. A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.

Date "uvula" was first used: 1392. (references)

Etymology: Uvula \U"vu*la\, noun. [New Latin expression, dim of Latin uva grape, the uvula.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Medicine	Uvula palatinae; specifically, the tongue-like process which projects from the middle of the posterior edge of the soft palate. Source: European Union. (references)
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The uvula is the little piece of flesh hanging on the end of the palate , where it meets the throat at the back of the mouth. It is derived from the Latin meaning "grape". The uvula plays an important role in the creation of a human voice sound especially the creation of guttural sounds. It functions in tandem with the back of the throat, the palate, and air coming up from the lungs to create a number of guttural and other sounds.

Consonants pronounced with the uvula do not appear in English; however, languages such as French, Arabic, and Ubykh use uvular consonants to varying degrees.

Crosswords: Uvula

English words defined with "uvula": adenoid ♦ Luschka's tonsil ♦ pharyngeal tonsil ♦ snoring, Staphyline ♦ third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis ♦ uvular, Uvulatome, Uvulatomy, uvulitis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "uvula": Palatal Neoplasms, Palate, Soft. (references)

Etymologies containing "uvula": Staphyloplasty, Staphylotomy ♦ uvulitis. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Uvula" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (uvula), German (uvula), Hungarian (uvula), Serbo-Croatian (uvula), Swedish (uvula).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	That's not uvula. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) is a procedure used to remove excess tissue at the back of the throat (tonsils, uvula, and part of the soft palate). (references)
		When the muscles of the soft palate at the base of the tongue and the uvula (the small fleshy tissue hanging from the center of the back of the throat) relax and sag, the airway becomes blocked, making breathing labored and noisy and even stopping it altogether. (references)
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"Uvula" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Uvula" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "uvula"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		njerith, dërçikth. (various references)

Arabic		‏لهاة الحلق. (various references)

Bulgarian		мъжец, малко езиче. (various references)

Chinese		悬雍垂, 小舌 . (various references)

Czech		uvula, èípek (cervix, pin, plug, suppositious, suppository). (various references)

Danish		uvula (cion, uvula palatinae), drøbelen. (various references)

Dutch		uvula palatinae (cion, uvula palatinae), uvula (cion, uvula palatinae), cion (cion, uvula palatinae). (various references)

Farsi		ملازه , لهات . (various references)

Finnish		kitakieleke. (various references)

French		luette (uvula palatinae). (various references)

German		Zäpfchen (small plug, suppositories, suppository, uvulas). (various references)

Greek		σταφυλή (grape), σταφυλίτησ. (various references)

Hungarian		uvula. (various references)

Indonesian		tekak, anak lidah. (various references)

Italian		ugola (suppository). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		懸壅垂 , 口�"�垂 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"うがいすい, け�"ようすい. (various references)

Korean		목� �. (various references)

Manx		chengey veg (little tongue, staphyle). (various references)

Pig Latin		ulauvay

Portuguese		úvula (cion, uvula palatinae). (various references)

Romanian		uvulã, omuşor (dwarf). (various references)

Russian		язычок (Reed, tenon, tongue, uvulae). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uvula, resica. (various references)

Spanish		úvula. (various references)

Swedish		tungspene. (various references)

Turkish		küçük dil (epiglottis). (various references)

Ukrainian		язичок. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	uvola. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "uvula": uvulae, uvular, uvularly, uvulars, uvulas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Uvula" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cuvoald, Jubula, lunula, Ruvuma, ugua, Uhura, ulula, Umvuma, utula, uulaan, uvala, uvila, uvuala, uvuela, uvulo, Uwusa, Vuela, vula. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "uvula" (pronounced 'U"vu*la'): Acanthocephala, Acicula, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Alula, Ametabola, Ampulla, Amygdala, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Areola, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-l-u-u-v"
	-1 letter: luau, ulva.
	-2 letters: lav, luv, ulu, vau.
	-3 letters: al, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-l-u-u-v"
	+1 letter: uvulae, uvular, uvulas.
	+2 letters: uvulars.
	+3 letters: alluvium, outvalue, unvalued, uvularly, vasculum, vauntful.
	+4 letters: acervulus, alluviums, avuncular, outvalued, outvalues, subvisual, vacuously, vasculums.
	+5 letters: aviculture, cumulative, outvaluing, ultravacua, undervalue, voluptuary.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
uvula	218	sore uvula	4
swollen uvula	44	cancer uvula	3
picture uvula	11	remedy swollen uvula	3
swelling uvula	9	bump uvula	2
enlarged uvula	9	picture piercing uvula	2
uvula piercing	6	deviated uvula	2
infection uvula	5	edema uvula	2
bifid uvula	4	girl uvula	2
pierced uvula	4	problem uvula	2
function uvula	4	surgery uvula	2
removal uvula	4	inflamed uvula	2
fetish uvula	4	pic uvula	2
inflammation uvula	4	swollen symptom uvula	2
elongated uvula	4	deviation uvula	2
		does uvula	2
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Uvula

Definition: Uvula

Uvula

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