(From sub, and the uvula,) procidentia uvula; columella; craspedon; is an elongation of the uvula, from relaxation, inflammation, or ulceration, attended with uneasiness and difficulty in swallowing, cough, nausea, commonly a continual spitting, sometimes a difficulty of breathing, and a stammering or faulty articulation. There are two species; one arising from inflammation, the other from relaxation. In the first, the uvula is swelled, hot, acutely painful, of a red or livid colour, and falls down in an altered form. Sometimes suppuration comes on, and the difficulty both of swallowing and breathing is more considerable than in the subsequent species. When this complaint is very violent, there is apparent danger of strangulation. It is cured by bleeding and purging; gargling with emollient and subastringent liquids, and sometimes scarification. In the second species, the uvula, preserving its natural colour, is relaxed, elongated, pale, cold, or oedematous. The cure then depends upon the application of spirituous, stimulant, and astringent-stimulants, with the internal use of cathartics and tonics. The following gargle, called gargarisma aluminis, is an excellent restringent: aluminis 3 ij. decocti hordei lb, ij. mellis rosae iij. misce. It is not only useful in cases of relaxed uvula, but wherever the topical use of astringents is required; in ulcerations of the throat, fauces, or gums. If it yields not to proper stimulant applications exhibited internally, as well as externally, the part must be amputated, and the haemorrhage, if necessary, stopped by styptics.