uvula

/Y UW1 V IY1 Y UW1 L AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    The fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

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

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