Phrase guide

bulbourethral gland

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An exocrine gland which secretes a clear fluid known as pre-ejaculate or Cowper’s fluid (colloquially known as “pre-cum”) which is generated upon sexual arousal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Cowper's gland

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غُدَّةُ بَصَلِيَّةُ إِحْليلِيَّة (ḡudda baṣaliyya ʔiḥlīliyya) — bulbourethral gland
  • Armenian: կոճղեզ-միզուկային գեղձ (kočġez-mizukayin geġj) — bulbourethral gland
  • Armenian: կուպերյան գեղձ (kuperyan geġj) — bulbourethral gland
  • Catalan: glàndula bulbouretral — bulbourethral gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尿道球腺 (niàodiào qiú xiàn) — bulbourethral gland
  • Finnish: bulbouretraalirauhanen — bulbourethral gland
  • Finnish: Cowperin rauhanen — bulbourethral gland
  • Irish: faireog Cowper — bulbourethral gland
  • Japanese: 尿道球腺 (nyōdōkyūsen) — bulbourethral gland
  • Japanese: カウパー腺 (kaupāsen) — bulbourethral gland
  • Kazakh: Купер безі (Kuper bezı) — bulbourethral gland
  • Lithuanian: šlaplės stormens liauka — bulbourethral gland
  • Lithuanian: Kuperio liauka — bulbourethral gland
  • Portuguese: glândula bulbouretral — bulbourethral gland
  • Russian: бульбоуретра́льная железа́ (bulʹbouretrálʹnaja železá) — bulbourethral gland
  • Russian: Ку́перова железа́ (Kúperova železá) — bulbourethral gland
  • Slovene: mehurčasta žleza — bulbourethral gland
  • Slovene: búlbouretrálna žléza — bulbourethral gland
  • Tamil: சிறுநீர்க்குழாய் மொட்டுச் சுரப்பி (ciṟunīrkkuḻāy moṭṭuc curappi) — bulbourethral gland
  • Turkish: Cowper bezleri — bulbourethral gland
  • Welsh: chwarren Cowper — bulbourethral gland