Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prostate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prostate \Pros"tate\, a.[Gr. ? standing before, fr. ? to set
before; ? before + ? to set: cf. F. prostate.] (Anat.)
Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the
males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the
bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n. The prostate
gland.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prostate
adj : relating to the prostate gland [syn: {prostatic}]
n : a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the
neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is
the fluid part of semen [syn: {prostate gland}]
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