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uvulas

uvulas 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 uvulas

What is uvulas the plural of?
Uvulas is the plural of uvula.

Words near uvulas in the dictionary

  1. uvularized
  2. uvularizes
  3. uvularizing
  4. uvularly
  5. uvulars
  6. uvulas
  7. uvulatome
  8. uvulatomes
  9. uvulatomies
  10. uvulatomy
  11. uvulectomies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uvulas (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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