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

She explained the term and then invited me to identify the Cowper’s glands on a diagram of the male genitalia.

From New York Times

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg