Cowper's glands

British  

/ ˈkuːpəz /

plural noun

1. two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males Compare Bartholin's glands

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Etymology

Origin of Cowper's glands

C18: named after William Cowper (1666–1709), English anatomist who discovered them

Example Sentences

Vesiculae seminales are never developed, but Cowper’s glands may be present or absent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

Just in front of the prostate gland are two small bodies known as Cowper's glands.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

He subsequently published a variety of papers on surgery, and was the discoverer of Cowper's glands.

From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various

Cowper’s glands are present, as is a prostate gland and a caecum, as well as a duodenal-jejunal flexure in the intestine, but an os penis is either wanting or small.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

The accessory generative glands are the two vesiculae seminales, with the median third vesicle, or uterus masculinus, lying between them, the single bilobed prostate, and a pair of globular Cowper’s glands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various