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Meanings of uvula in English
Fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate.
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Usage of uvula in English
1
The uvula is bifurcated, and the two divisions sometimes act independently.
2
Pretty girl, Helen, but showing your uvula to the audience is not on.
3
The uvula is interesting because, besides man, it is only found in the ape.
4
Six airway models were developed with two uvula kinematics and three pharynx constriction levels.
5
Chronic enlargement or elongation of the uvula, or palate, as shown at B, Fig.
6
The uvula, the pillars of the palate, and the tonsils are parts of the structure.
7
It may involve not only the hard palate, but also the soft palate and uvula.
8
The tonsils were enlarged and the uvula was long.
9
Ogle records instances of congenital absence of the uvula.
10
I was lucky none of the kids kicked their soccer ball into my exposed uvula.
11
My breath caught somewhere between my uvula and lungs.
12
Her father, carrying the same mutation, showed bifid uvula with a pit on his lower lip.
13
Sore Throat.-Thiswe find on the pillars of the fauces, uvula, tonsils, and pharynx, reddened and inflamed.
14
The presence of mild craniofacial abnormalities including hypertelorism and abnormal uvula may aid the recognition of this syndrome.
15
The uvula was bitten, not torn.
16
I was born with a cleft palate, a split uvula and was a very "floppy" baby.
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Uvula through the time