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Definition of: uvula
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′vyə·lə) noun plural ·las or ·lae (-lē) Anat.
1. The pendent fleshy portion of the soft palate.
2. Either of two other similar processes, one at the neck of the bladder and the other on the under side of the cerebellum. [<LL, dim. of uva grape]
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