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Prostate - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Prostate : adj : relating to the prostate gland [syn: prostatic]
(noun)
1: 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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Prostate : Prostate: A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the prostate surrounds the beginning of the urethra, the canal that empties the
bladder.
The prostate is actually not one but many glands, 30-50 in number, between which is abundant tissue containing many bundles of smooth muscle. The secretion of the prostate is a milky fluid that is
discharged into the urethra at the time of the ejaculation of semen.
The origin of the name "prostate" is quite curious. The word is from the Greek "prostates", to stand before. The anatomist Herophilus called it the prostate because, as he saw matters, it stands
before the testes. 
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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