[uvule] (c.1240)
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[uvule] (c.1240)

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[gdw]

  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
huvel,  uvel,  uvele,  huuel (l. huvel)  

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 [...]  i 196.5 and ii 126.5
2med.pathol.inflammation of the uvula (?): 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  [U]ne emflure que uvule est apelé crest en lung e emfle  i 69
( 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)  87
luvete  uve#1  uvet 
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