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A gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra just below the urinary bladder that controls the release of urine from the bladder and produces a secretion that is the fluid part of semen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prostate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
předstojná žláza
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Danish:
blærehalskirtel
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Finnish:
eturauhanen
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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French:
glande prostatique
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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German:
Vorsteherdrüse
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Hebrew:
בַּלּוּטַת הָעַרְמוֹנִית
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Indonesian:
prostat
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Lithuanian:
priešinė liauka
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Māori:
repe tātea
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Polish:
gruczoł krokowy
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Russian:
предста́тельная железа́
(predstátelʹnaja železá)
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Spanish:
glándula prostática
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Swedish:
blåshalskörtel
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Turkish:
prostat
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Turkish:
kestanecik
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Ukrainian:
передміху́рова за́лоза
(peredmixúrova záloza)
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Welsh:
chwarren brostad
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
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Welsh:
prostad
— gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
