Used primarily in medical contexts or when discussing throat anatomy.

Medical Term

The uvula is visible when someone opens their mouth wide, commonly checked during medical checkups.

Visible Feature

The uvula can indicate health issues, such as infection, if it's swollen or discolored.

Identifying Issues

 So every little cell in your body is holding on to an amazing book, full of the instructions for life. Your nose reads nose pages, your toes read toes pages. And that little thing in the back of your throat? It's got its own pages, too. They're under "uvula."

DNA: The book of you -...

 and they have this distinctive yodeling song that they use the uvula for. And also they reference how the uvula -- everything they say is fallen because of the forbidden fruit. And that's the symbol of their culture. And this is from a documentary

Uvula