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Uvula vs Volva - What's the difference?

uvula | volva |

As nouns the difference between uvula and volva

is that uvula is uvula while volva is a cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi or volva can be .

uvula

English

(wikipedia uvula)

Noun

  • (anatomy) The fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.

    • Usage notes

    * The (second edition, 1989) marks this word as not naturalized in English.

    Synonyms

    * (appendage hanging from the palate) palatine uvula, tonsils, staphyle

    Derived terms

    * uvular * uvulatome, uvulotome * uvulatomy, uvulotomy * uvulitis

    volva

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) volva.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • References

    * teknowledge.com * palomar.edt * American Heritage Dictionary ----