noun
Meaning 1
The bulbourethral gland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Cowper's gland
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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: bulbourethral gland
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland
History
Etymology
Named after English surgeon and anatomist William Cowper (1666–1709).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غُدَّة كَوْبَر — Bulbourethral gland
- Armenian: կոճղեզ-միզուկային գեղձ (kočġez-mizukayin geġj) — Bulbourethral gland
- Armenian: կուպերյան գեղձ (kuperyan geġj) — Bulbourethral gland
- Catalan: glàndula de Cowper — Bulbourethral gland
- Hindi: कौपर ग्रंथी (kaupar granthī) — Bulbourethral gland
- Irish: faireog Cowper — Bulbourethral gland
- Northern Kurdish: rijênê Cowper — Bulbourethral gland
- Lithuanian: Kuperio liauka — Bulbourethral gland
- Lithuanian: šlaplės stormens liauka — Bulbourethral gland
- Russian: Ку́перова железа́ (Kúperova železá) — Bulbourethral gland
- Slovene: Cowperjeva žleza — Bulbourethral gland
- Welsh: chwarren Cowper — Bulbourethral gland