uvula

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"If I could win you ----" His tongue tied itself in a bow knot round his uvula, and he could say no more.

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  1. noun A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate.

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  • It is also possible to vibrate the back of the tongue against the uvula, as in Standard French and German uvular r , and a few languages have a bilabial trill produced by vibrating the lips together. —  AnalogSFF,May2007
  • No uvula, either I think we have a homicide here," the first EMT muttered Fuck," said Officer Funkhauser, who knew he had to call for Homicide and a morgue wagon and didn't think his upraised hand and his badge could hold off the growling cabs much longer I think it was a mob hit," Officer Funkhauser volunteered when two homicide detectives made their appearance What makes you say that?" —  Destroyer 107: Feast or Famine
  • What halfway intelligent sixteen year-old needs to have "uvula" explained to them? —  Evil Beet Gossip
  • As with everything there is a line that not be crossed, and certain areas of the body like the uvula (at back of throat) are considered too great a risk to carry out. —  TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
  • Arculanus describes it as a preternatural elongation of the uvula which sometimes goes to such an extent as to make it resemble the tail of a mouse. —  Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
 

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  1. Middle English, from Medieval Latin ūvula, swollen uvula, diminutive of Latin ūva, grape, swollen uvula.

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  1. New Latin, diminutive of Latin uva, the uvula, a particular use of uva, a grape, a cluster of grapes: see uva.
 

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/ˈjuvjulə/
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