PROSTATE

prostate. Prostate, a. standing before, as the the prostate gland situated before the bladder

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Pros″tate (?), a. [[Gr. � standing before, fr. � to set before; � before + � 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. — n. The prostate gland.