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uvulae

/ˈju.vjəˌlaɪ/US/ˈju.vjəˌli/

uvulae 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

Forms of uvulae

alternative formuvulæ

Questions about uvulae

What is uvulae the plural of?
Uvulae is the plural of uvula.
How do you pronounce uvulae?
Uvulae is pronounced /ˈju.vjəˌlaɪ/.

Words near uvulae in the dictionary

  1. Uvs Lake
  2. UVSS
  3. UVU
  4. uvul-
  5. uvula
  6. uvulae
  7. uvular
  8. uvularia
  9. uvulariaceous
  10. uvularias
  11. uvularize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uvulae (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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