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[YOO-vyah-lah] 
1. (anatomy) the fleshy appendage that hangs above the tongue, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing: "I gulped it down so fast that I may have injured my uvula!"
Origin:
Approximately 1392; from Late Latin, 'uvula'; from Latin, 'uvola': small bunch of grapes, diminutive of 'uva': grape. In action:
"Considering the two uvula-shaking sound-systems, three full bars and a squad of leather-clad, fire-eating performers, Friday night's festivities were surprisingly low-key."
Evany Thomas. "From Netscape to Nightclub," Wired.com (July 16, 2001).
"The great relief is that the eternally innocent SpongeBob will never have to be a 'man,' although occasionally he may be called upon to act like a grown-up. And the pleasures of 'The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie' stretch far beyond its message anyway: I still can't believe I watched SpongeBob and Patrick drive their crabcake-shaped car (it's called, with devious political incorrectness, 'the Pattie Wagon') over a pile of skulls to get to a roadside stand that offers, with sinister portent, 'free' ice-cream. (They will discover that the stand is tended by a wrinkled old lady who seems harmless enough but is really the uvula of a giant, hungry fish with excessively pointy teeth.)"
Stephanie Zacharek. "The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie," [Movie Review] Salon.com (November 19, 2004).
"Or the patient's adenoids, tonsils or uvula (that bell at the back of the throat) can be removed to minimize vibration.
Mr. Silcox chose surgery, enduring the removal of his uvula and the shaving of his soft palate, an operation with an excruciating two-week recovery period. But that was only after it became clear that his wife-to-be had no tolerance for snoring.
'Any amount of snoring is bad,' Ms. Murtha-Silcox said. She tried many tricks (there are 300 items patented to cure snoring): ear plugs for her, pills and Breathe Rite strips for him. If she nudged him onto his side, a move that often cuts off snoring, he would just roll back a few minutes later. Since Mr. Silcox didn't need to lose weight and didn't drink much, those solutions were dead ends."
Lizette Alvarez. "When the Z's You Get Aren't Yours," The New York Times (October 20, 2005).
"Cavett nearly saw it happen: Paar, certain it was an off-color reference to feminine body parts, went bonkers when a comic used the word uvula on his show. Actually, it's that fleshy thing hanging down the back of your throat that makes a funny noise when you gargle."
Glenn Garvin. "TV pioneers talk about unintentionally funny early days," Miami Herald (July 11, 2007).
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