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[uvule] (s.xiii)
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The form huvel is a cross reference to the following entry:

[uvule] (s.xiii)

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huvel,  uvel,  uvele  (huuel (l. huvel))  
  FEW:  uva 14,90b Gdf:  uvule 8,126b GdfC: ∅ TL: luete (uvule) 5,711 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  uvule  TLF:  uvule  OED:  uvula n.  MED:  uvula n.  DMLBS:  uvula 3577c

The OED is the only other dictionary also to define the word as a type of inflammation. It is considered an elliptic construction, for which no other medieval attestations are provided.

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1anat.uvula (fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate): 
( MS: s.xiii ) Partes oris sunt iste: lingua, palatum [...] uvula (gloss: (L) uvel) (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) uvele;  (C: s.xiiiex) huvel ), gula, labra [...]  TLL i 196.5 and ii 126.5
2med.pathol.inflammation of the uvula (?): 
( MS: s.xiiim )  Olibanum [...] a vertu de conforter et de confermer [...]: il est bon encuntre les lermes des oylz e la dolur de denz e encontre le huuel (l. huvel)  Rom 32 (O.1.20) 87

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See also:

luvete  uve1  uvet 
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