UVULA (uvulae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: uvulae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does uvula mean? 

• UVULA (noun)
  The noun UVULA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: UVULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UVULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("uvula" is a kind of...):

flap (a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body)

Holonyms ("uvula" is a part of...):

soft palate; velum (a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking)

Derivation:

uvular (of or relating to or associated with the uvula)

 Context examples 

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the uvula.

(Benign Uvula Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery involving the complete removal of the uvula.

(Excision of Uvula, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the soft palate or uvula.

(Benign Soft Palate Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients with TGFBR1 gene mutations also exhibit hypertelorism, bifid uvula, and early fusion of the skull bones.

(Loeys-Dietz Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the hard palate, soft palate, or uvula.

(Benign Palate Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the hard palate, soft palate, or uvula.

(Palate Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by vascular abnormalities (aortic and arterial aneurysms, aortic dissection, and tortuosity of the arteries), hypertelorism, bifid uvula, and early fusion of the skull bones.

(Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Type 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called uvula.

(Palatine uvula, NCI Dictionary)