uvulo-, uvul- (Latin: a pendent, fleshy mass).The small, fleshy mass hanging from the soft palate above the root of the tongue, composed of the levator and tensor palati muscle of the uvula, connective tissue, and mucous membrane; literally, "little grape".uvula:
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