prostate gland

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. 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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prostate gland Scientific  

/ prŏs′tāt′ /

1. 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.

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prostate gland Cultural  

1. 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.

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

Etymology

Origin of prostate gland

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The animal-rights groups said that such legal costs would leave “investigative reporters prostrate before the financially and politically powerful.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 13, 2021

John is taken by “the power,” as the novel calls it, and spends the wee hours of the night prostrate before the Lord, caught in his own reckoning.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2020

Each episode meets a new chef from around the world and basically lies prostrate before them while classical music plays in the background.

From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2018

The first performance of Lefty was shattering, but next day no repentant Group directors fell prostrate before Odets.

From Time Magazine Archive

We are all our beautiful bodies and so must never be prostrate before barbarians, must never submit our original self, our one of one, to defiling and plunder.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates