prostate gland

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noun Anatomy.

an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.

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Origin of prostate gland

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby prostate gland

prostasis, prostat-, prostatalgia, prostate, prostatectomy, prostate gland, prostate-specific antigen, prostatic ductule, prostatic fluid, prostatic massage, prostatic sinus

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How to use prostate gland in a sentence

If you are male your prostate gland is the size of a weather balloon, and if you are female you are very disconcertingly aware of gravity.
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Now, preventive protocols—like mammograms, colonoscopies, and Prostate-Specific Antigen tests—are being questioned.
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Others who, because of a tumor in the pituitary gland, may overproduce HGH develop a different problem: gigantism.
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Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."
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HGH is a hormone normally made in tiny amounts by the pituitary gland in all of us.
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Kathryn Wilson, et al. “Coffee Consumption and Prostate Cancer Risk and Progression in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.”
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The thymus gland attains a considerable development in the embryo and shrinks away to the merest vestige in the adult.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
The strong probability is that this gland belongs in the same category with other embryonic survivals yet to be pointed out.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
It is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
I want a ball bat to club every country jake doctor that looks me over and asks about my pituitary gland.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
The mucus secreted from gland cells in this lining makes a slippery surface so that the food may slip down easily.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter

Medical definitions for prostate gland

prostate gland

A chestnut-shaped body that surrounds the beginning of the male urethra at the base of the bladder, consists of two lobes connected anteriorly by an isthmus and posteriorly by a middle lobe lying above and between the ejaculatory ducts, controls the release of urine from the bladder, and whose milky fluid secretion is discharged into the urethra during semen emission.

Scientific definitions for prostate gland

prostate gland

[ prŏs′tāt′ ]

A gland in male mammals located at the base of the bladder. The prostate gland opens into the urethra and secretes a milky fluid that is a major component of semen.

Other words from prostate gland

prostatic adjective (prŏ-stăt′ĭk)

Cultural definitions for prostate gland

prostate gland

[ (pros-tayt) ]

A gland in the male reproductive system that surrounds the urethra at the lower end of the urinary bladder. A large part of the fluids that make up semen comes from the prostate.

notes for prostate gland

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death among American men.