uvule
Definition
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Sentences with the word uvule
Squinantie et uvule conferunt a principio flebotomia de cephalica, sub lingua, ventose in collo.Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du Moyen Âge, 2017, Laurence Moulinier-Brogi (Cairn.info)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of UVULE s. f.
Terme de Medecine, est une petite chair spongieuse qui pend du palais en la bouche auprés des conduits des narines, qui sert à rompre la force de l'air trop froid, afin qu'il n'entre pas trop viste dans les poulmons. On l'appelle autrement luete.
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