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Webster 1913 Edition

Prostate

Pros′tate

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] standing before, fr. [GREEK] to set before; [GREEK] before + [GREEK] 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.
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Noun.
The prostate gland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prostate

PROS'TATE

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Adj.
[From Gr. to set before.] In anatomy, the prostate gland is a gland situated just before the neck of the bladder in males, and surrounding the beginning of the urethra. It is situated on the under and posterior part of the neck of the bladder, so as to surround the lower side of the urethra.

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