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prostatic

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

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adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the prostate gland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

relating to the prostate gland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prostate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English prostate Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English prostatic From prostate + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: prostàtic — relating to the prostate gland
  • Czech: prostatický — relating to the prostate gland
  • Finnish: eturauhas- — relating to the prostate gland
  • Finnish: eturauhasen — relating to the prostate gland
  • French: prostatique — relating to the prostate gland
  • Greek: προστατικός (prostatikós) — relating to the prostate gland
  • Italian: prostatico — relating to the prostate gland
  • Spanish: prostático — relating to the prostate gland
  • Volapük: prostatik — relating to the prostate gland