Middle English Dictionary Entry
ūvula n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ūvula n. Also uvule, uvele, (?errors) uuefalle, ouefalle, ovefalle. |
| Etymology | L ūvula & OF uvule, huvele. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. The soft, fleshy tissue hanging down from the middle of the soft palate, the uvula; also, the epiglottis.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)261/8 : Aboue þis instrument is vuula, þat is þe palet of þe mouþ, & helpiþ for to make soun.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)284/3774 : Epiglotus…is alsa callyd in physyk nyh allway uva vel uvula (þe uve or þe uvele).
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)140b/b : It is seid vuula, takyng callyng not of þe substance bot of þe passioun þat falleþ in it like to vue, i. a grape.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)141a/b : Wiþ instrumentez forsoþ is vuula [Ch.(2): vuefalle] kutted on 3 wise.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)1.94/15 : Byhynde þe selfe tonge toward þe palate bene fauces & þe amigdalez & vuula [Ch.(2): vuule] hyngyng.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)31/26 : Þe partikels of þe mouþe…ben fiue in noumber: þe lippes…þe teþe, þe tunge, þe palate of þe mouþe, and þe vuula.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)262/5 : The whiche noyenges Auenzoar helde ham grete of þe squynancie when þe ouefalle [Ch.(1): vuula] is kytte.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)569/24 : In the ovefalle…kytte it wiþ a kyttyng cauterie.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)32/1 : Of inflaciouns & fal of þe vuula or wesand.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)26b/b : Vuula hongiþ adoun from þe ende of þe palat & of þe colatorie vpon þe breddis of her ij weies and also vpon þe cymbalar gristle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. uvefall.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. uvula.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. uvule.