uvulan.

Brit.

/ˈjuːvjᵿlə/, U.S.

/ˈjuvjələ/

Forms: Middle English–1600s vuula, 1500s uuula, 1500s–1600s vvula, 1600s– uvula; 1500s euuela, uuila, vuola, vuala.

Etymology: < medieval Latin ūvula (whence Spanish uvula , Portuguese uvula , Italian uvola , ugola , Old French uvule , uvele , huvele uvule n.), diminutive of Latin ūva uva n.

a. Anatomy. The conical fleshy prolongation hanging from the middle of the pendent margin of the soft palate in man and some other primates.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > [noun] > uvula

tongue of the throat1398

uvulac1400

uve?1527

uvule?1527

columella1585

gargareon1653

pap of the hass1788

staphyle1808

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 261 Aboue þis instrument is vuula þat is þe palet of þe mouþ & helpiþ for to make soun.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 261 Sumtyme vuula wexiþ to long.

1525 Anothomia in tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Handy Warke Surg. sig. Bii/2 Tonge, rowfe, and vuula, y^e whiche is a lytell deme hangynge in y^e throte lyke the spynne.

1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes iii. 33 Against the falling of the Vuola, and swelling of the Pallate.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 495 Good and ready helpes for the sorenes of the vuula [printed vnula] which is in Horses mouthes.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. i. 1 The same defluxion..fell..into my throat in Oxford, and distilling upon the uvula impeached my utterance a little.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. vii. 333 An Elongation of the Uvula through the abundance of salivous Humour flowing upon it.

1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1984 The Uvula..is moved by three pair of Muscles.

1724 A. Ramsay Health 183 When th' uvula has got its mortal wound.

1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 4 After having examin'd her, they found the Uvula much lengthened.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 150 On inspecting the throat, the tonsils and uvula were not observably altered.

1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 597 The uvula..forms the inferior edge of the velum palati into a double arch.

1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. vi. 146 The soft palate, or velum—the middle of which is produced into a prolongation, the uvula.

1902 Hughes & Keith Man. Pract. Anat. III. 368 The uvula is connected with each tonsil by the furrowed band, to be seen when the uvula is pulled gently aside.

b. A small eminence forming the apex of the trigone, and projecting into the urethral orifice.

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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > organ receiving secretion > [noun] > bladder > parts of

urachus1615

trigone1835

uvula1835

velum1835

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 386/1 The uvula in the child is the most depending part of the bladder.

1861 H. Thompson Dis. Prostate (ed. 2) 7 The mucous membrane and submucous tissues around the internal meatus, particularly those forming the uvula or luette vesicale.

1861 H. Thompson Dis. Prostate (ed. 2) 26 A faint whitish line directly in front of the uvula.

c. A lobe or triangular elevation situated between the two tonsils of the cerebellum.

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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > cerebellum > parts of

lobe1672

arbor vitae1800

nodule1839

amygdala1845

nodulus1848

uvula1848

roof nucleus1872

prepeduncle1886

declive1889

postpeduncle1889

archicerebellum1937

1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 887/2 The inferior vermiform process..consisting of three portions—the pyramid, the uvula, and the nodulus.

†2. elliptical. Inflammation of the uvula; uvulitis.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of uvula

spean1527

uvula1541

falling down of the palate1664

uvulitis1842

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 69 b Whereby are ingendred Catarres or reumes, the uuula, the cough, and the stytche.

1570 T. Wilson Life Demosthenes in tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 133 Troubled with the Vvula being a swelling in the throte.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, esp. in the names of surgical instruments for operating on the uvula, as uvula elevator, uvula scissors, uvula spoon, etc.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used on uvula or palate

uvula spoon1678

roof pincer1690

uvulatome1872

staphylotome1875

uvula scissors1875

uvula elevator1876

uvulotome1897

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Uvula-spoon..is an Instrument to be held right under the Uvula.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 399 Uvular Powder... Let the Powder be blown upon the Uvula, with a Pipe or Uvula Spoon.

1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. 198 A sharp uvula rattle without any moisture.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2685/2 Uvula-scissors with claws.

1876 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. IV. 43 The instrument..called the uvula-holder.

1876 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. IV. 67 A uvula elevator.

1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) p. xlv Uvula Hook, Scissors, Twitch.

C2.

uvula-cushion n. (see quot. 1884).

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > [noun] > uvula > part of

uvula-cushion1884

1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 253 Beneath the septum the base of the uvula containing the azygos muscle forms a slight projection, called the ‘uvula-cushion’.

uvula trill n. (see quot. 1908).

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > liquid > trill > burr

wharling1610

rattle1743

wharl1748

burr1760

whurl1797

birr1837

uvula trill1869

1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. 8 R r uvula trill, F. r provençal or grasseyé.

1908 H. Sweet Sounds of Eng. 40 The ‘burred r’ is a uvula-trill; the uvula..is driven upwards by the force of the outgoing air [etc.].

† uvula-wort n. Obsolete the nettle-leaved bell-flower, Campanula trachelium.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers

bell-flower1578

bluebell1578

Canterbury bells1578

Coventry bells1578

Coventry Marians1578

Coventry rapes1578

fair-in-sight1578

gauntlet1578

haskwort1578

Marian's violet1578

throatwort1578

lady's looking glass1597

mariet1597

Mercury's violet1597

peach-bells1597

steeple bells1597

uvula-wort1597

Venus looking-glass1597

campanula1664

Spanish bell1664

corn-violet1665

rampion1688

Venus' glass1728

harebell1767

heath-bell1805

witch bell1808

slipperwort1813

meadow-bell1827

greygle1844

platycodon1844

lady's thimble1853

kikyo1884

witches' bells1884

balloon flower1901

fairy thimble1914

mountain bell1923

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 366 [It] is called..in English..Throtewoort or Vuula woort, of the vertue it hath against the paine and swelling thereof.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Uvula Wort; see Throat-wort.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	uvula
释义	uvulan. Brit. /ˈjuːvjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈjuvjələ/ Forms: Middle English–1600s vuula, 1500s uuula, 1500s–1600s vvula, 1600s– uvula; 1500s euuela, uuila, vuola, vuala. Etymology: < medieval Latin ūvula (whence Spanish uvula , Portuguese uvula , Italian uvola , ugola , Old French uvule , uvele , huvele uvule n.), diminutive of Latin ūva uva n. 1. a. Anatomy. The conical fleshy prolongation hanging from the middle of the pendent margin of the soft palate in man and some other primates. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > [noun] > uvula tongue of the throat1398 uvulac1400 uve?1527 uvule?1527 columella1585 gargareon1653 pap of the hass1788 staphyle1808 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 261 Aboue þis instrument is vuula þat is þe palet of þe mouþ & helpiþ for to make soun. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 261 Sumtyme vuula wexiþ to long. 1525 Anothomia in tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Handy Warke Surg. sig. Bii/2 Tonge, rowfe, and vuula, y^e whiche is a lytell deme hangynge in y^e throte lyke the spynne. 1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes iii. 33 Against the falling of the Vuola, and swelling of the Pallate. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 495 Good and ready helpes for the sorenes of the vuula [printed vnula] which is in Horses mouthes. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. i. 1 The same defluxion..fell..into my throat in Oxford, and distilling upon the uvula impeached my utterance a little. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. vii. 333 An Elongation of the Uvula through the abundance of salivous Humour flowing upon it. 1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1984 The Uvula..is moved by three pair of Muscles. 1724 A. Ramsay Health 183 When th' uvula has got its mortal wound. 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 4 After having examin'd her, they found the Uvula much lengthened. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 150 On inspecting the throat, the tonsils and uvula were not observably altered. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 597 The uvula..forms the inferior edge of the velum palati into a double arch. 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. vi. 146 The soft palate, or velum—the middle of which is produced into a prolongation, the uvula. 1902 Hughes & Keith Man. Pract. Anat. III. 368 The uvula is connected with each tonsil by the furrowed band, to be seen when the uvula is pulled gently aside. b. A small eminence forming the apex of the trigone, and projecting into the urethral orifice. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > organ receiving secretion > [noun] > bladder > parts of urachus1615 trigone1835 uvula1835 velum1835 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 386/1 The uvula in the child is the most depending part of the bladder. 1861 H. Thompson Dis. Prostate (ed. 2) 7 The mucous membrane and submucous tissues around the internal meatus, particularly those forming the uvula or luette vesicale. 1861 H. Thompson Dis. Prostate (ed. 2) 26 A faint whitish line directly in front of the uvula. c. A lobe or triangular elevation situated between the two tonsils of the cerebellum. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > cerebellum > parts of lobe1672 arbor vitae1800 nodule1839 amygdala1845 nodulus1848 uvula1848 roof nucleus1872 prepeduncle1886 declive1889 postpeduncle1889 archicerebellum1937 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 887/2 The inferior vermiform process..consisting of three portions—the pyramid, the uvula, and the nodulus. †2. elliptical. Inflammation of the uvula; uvulitis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of uvula spean1527 uvula1541 falling down of the palate1664 uvulitis1842 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 69 b Whereby are ingendred Catarres or reumes, the uuula, the cough, and the stytche. 1570 T. Wilson Life Demosthenes in tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 133 Troubled with the Vvula being a swelling in the throte. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, esp. in the names of surgical instruments for operating on the uvula, as uvula elevator, uvula scissors, uvula spoon, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used on uvula or palate uvula spoon1678 roof pincer1690 uvulatome1872 staphylotome1875 uvula scissors1875 uvula elevator1876 uvulotome1897 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Uvula-spoon..is an Instrument to be held right under the Uvula. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 399 Uvular Powder... Let the Powder be blown upon the Uvula, with a Pipe or Uvula Spoon. 1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. 198 A sharp uvula rattle without any moisture. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2685/2 Uvula-scissors with claws. 1876 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. IV. 43 The instrument..called the uvula-holder. 1876 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. IV. 67 A uvula elevator. 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) p. xlv Uvula Hook, Scissors, Twitch. C2. uvula-cushion n. (see quot. 1884). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > [noun] > uvula > part of uvula-cushion1884 1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 253 Beneath the septum the base of the uvula containing the azygos muscle forms a slight projection, called the ‘uvula-cushion’. uvula trill n. (see quot. 1908). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > liquid > trill > burr wharling1610 rattle1743 wharl1748 burr1760 whurl1797 birr1837 uvula trill1869 1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. 8 R r uvula trill, F. r provençal or grasseyé. 1908 H. Sweet Sounds of Eng. 40 The ‘burred r’ is a uvula-trill; the uvula..is driven upwards by the force of the outgoing air [etc.]. † uvula-wort n. Obsolete the nettle-leaved bell-flower, Campanula trachelium. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers bell-flower1578 bluebell1578 Canterbury bells1578 Coventry bells1578 Coventry Marians1578 Coventry rapes1578 fair-in-sight1578 gauntlet1578 haskwort1578 Marian's violet1578 throatwort1578 lady's looking glass1597 mariet1597 Mercury's violet1597 peach-bells1597 steeple bells1597 uvula-wort1597 Venus looking-glass1597 campanula1664 Spanish bell1664 corn-violet1665 rampion1688 Venus' glass1728 harebell1767 heath-bell1805 witch bell1808 slipperwort1813 meadow-bell1827 greygle1844 platycodon1844 lady's thimble1853 kikyo1884 witches' bells1884 balloon flower1901 fairy thimble1914 mountain bell1923 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 366 [It] is called..in English..Throtewoort or Vuula woort, of the vertue it hath against the paine and swelling thereof. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. 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