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nouna small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palatetype of:part of:
Definition that contains uvula
- adenoid a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
- trill the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula
- bellwort any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
- luschka's tonsil a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
- tonsilla adenoidea a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
- merry bells any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
- tonsilla pharyngealis a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
- uvular of or relating to or associated with the uvula
- pharyngeal tonsil a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
- wild oats any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers