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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
uvula /ˈjuːvjʊlə/

▶noun (pl. uvulae /-liː/) Anatomy a fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat.

– origin ME: from late L., dimin. of L. uva ‘grape’.

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