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uvulæ

uvulæ is the plural of uvula.

Meaning of uvula

Noun

uvula (plural uvulae or uvulas or (archaic) uvulæ)

  1. 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
  2. an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper

Questions about uvulæ

What is uvulæ the plural of?
Uvulæ is the plural of uvula.

Words near uvulæ in the dictionary

  1. uvulopalatoplasty
  2. uvulotome
  3. uvulotomes
  4. uvulotomies
  5. uvulotomy
  6. uvulæ
  7. uvver
  8. uvvers
  9. UW
  10. uwa
  11. uwaa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uvulæ (page history and authors); uvula (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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