Prostate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Prostate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Prostate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prostate adj relating to the prostate gland [syn: prostate, 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 Synonym(s): prostate gland, 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.