[See prec. and -TOMY. Cf. UVULOTOMY.] The operation of cutting or excising the uvula.
1887. Lancet, 7 May, 935/2. Uvulatomy gives very various results in the subsequent degree of discomfort during cicatrisation.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., II. 731. [Hence in recent Dicts.]
