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prostate |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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