u'vula

[L. dim. of uva, a grape.] 1 Pendulum palati, a conical projection from the posterior edge of the middle of the soft palate; it is composed of connective ti ue containing a number of racemose glands, and some muscular fibers (azygos uvulse muscle). 2. A triangular elevation on the vermis of the cerebellum, lying' between the two tonsils anterior to the pyramis. 3. One of several anatomical structures bearing a fancied resemblance to the palatine uvula, bi'fid u., bifurcation of the uvula, constituting an elementary cleft palate, u. cerebel'li, uvula (2). u. Lieutaud'i, a slight ridge along the center of the trigone of the bladder, u. palati'na [BNA], uvula (i). u. ver'mis [BNA], uvula (2). u. vesi'cse [BNA], a slight projection into the cavity of the bladder in old men, just behind the turethral opening, marking the location of the middle lobe of the prostate. Staphyloptosia. Staphylitis, cion it is, inflammation of the uvula. loptosia. loto me, an instrument for cutting off the uvula. otomy, cutting off the uvula. Asclepiad ace a, growing in equatorial Africa; it is employed by the native medicine-men as a remedy for diarrhea. V. X. Abbreviation for vision or visual acutene . The acutene of vision is indicated by a fraction in which the numerator is a number expre ing the distance in feet of the observer from the chart (usually 20 feet), and the denominator a number expre ing the distance in feet at which the normal eye would see the smallest letters which the patient sees at the distance at which he is; thus, if at 20 feet he sees only the letters which the normal eye would see at 50 feet, the formula of his vision will be V. =|^. 2. Chemical symbol for vanadium.