uvula (uvula)

[NL., dim. of L. uva, the uvula, a particular use of uva, a grape, a cluster of grapes: see uva.] 1. A small free conical body, projecting ng downward and backward from the middle of the pendulous margin of the soft palate, composed of the uvular muscles covered by mucous membrane. See cuts under tonsil and mouth.-2. A prominent section of the inferior vermiform proce of the cerebellum, in advance of the pyramid, between the two lateral lobes known as the amygdalæ or tonsils: so called from being likened to the uvula of the palate.-3. A slight projection of mucous membrane from the bladder into the cystic orifice of the urethra; the uvula vesicæ, luette vésicale, or uvula of the bladder. - Azygos uvulæ. Same as musculus uvula. - Musculus uvulæ, the muscle that forms, with its fellow, the fleshy part of the uvula. It arises from the posterior nasal spine. Also called uvu laris. - Uvula-spoon, a surgical instrument like a spoon, designed to be held just under the uvula, for the purpose of conveying any substance into the cavity behind. - Vesical uvula, the uvula vesicæ. See def. 3. and Germany and elsewhere. E must be regarded here as a partial a imilation of the i to the following uvular r. Amer. Jour. Philol., VIII. 285. Uvular muscle. Same as musculus uvulæ. See uvula , uvulares, n. Plural of uvular is . Uvular i a (ū-vu-lā'ri-ä), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1737); used earlier, by Brunfels, 1530, for the related Ruscus Hypoglo um , and by Bock, 1552, for a Campanula ); so called from the pendulous flower, uvula , the soft palate: see uvula .] A genus of liliaceous plants, type of the tribe Uvularieæ. They are characterized by having a slightly IMG:content-1659.png:[blocks in formation] rated as a genus, Flowering Plant of Bellwort ( Uvular i a perfoliata). Oakesia. See figures under se ile, per- a, flower; b, stamen; c, pistil; d, fruit. foliate, and stoma. Uvular ice (uvu-lā-ri'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (End licher, 1842), uvular is (ū-vu-la'ris), n.; pl. uvulares (-rēz). [NL., Number Two laughed (very uvularly ), and the skirmishers followed suit. Dickens , Uncommercial Traveller, iii. uvula to me (u'vū-la-tom), n. [L. uvula , uvula, + Gr. -τομος,