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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word uvulas:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. uvulas: Merriam-Webster
  2. uvulas: Collins English Dictionary
  3. uvulas: Vocabulary.com
  4. uvulas: Wiktionary
  5. uvulas: Dictionary.com
  6. Uvulas: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. uvulas: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See uvula as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (uvula)

noun:  (anatomy) the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate
noun:  (music) an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper
noun:  (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine uvula.: the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing [(anatomy) The uvula in the mouth (as distinguished from uvulae elsewhere in the body).]
▸ Also see uvula


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