Prostate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prostate
       adj : relating to the prostate gland [syn: {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 [syn: {prostate gland}]