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Part of the throat whose name comes from the Latin for "little grape"
Answer for the clue "Part of the throat whose name comes from the Latin for "little grape" ", 5 letters:
uvula
Alternative clues for the word uvula
- Body part that rises when saying "ah"
- Soft-palate thingy
- Soft palate pendant
- Soft palate projection
- Body part whose name means "little grape"
- It's often enlarged in cartoon depictions of screaming
- A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
- Lump in one's throat?
- Dangling part in the throat
Word definitions for uvula in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate [also: uvulae (pl)]
Usage examples of uvula.
Usually the disease is located in the upper part of the pharynx, or throat, behind and above the uvula and soft palate, and is thus hidden from view when looking into the throat through the mouth.
It seemed like familiar territory to her now, the furry tongue, the tonsillar pillars, the uvula hanging down in a quivering flap of pink flesh.
With the left hand then insert an instrument, a stilus, by which the uvula is pulled forward, and then remove the end of it by means of a heated knife or some other process of cauterization.
From such trifles as uvulas and tonsils they went on to ovaries and appendices until at last no one's inside was safe.