COWPER'S GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cowper's gland mean? 

• COWPER'S GLAND (noun)
  The noun COWPER'S GLAND has 1 sense:

1. either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female

  Familiarity information: COWPER'S GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COWPER'S GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland

Hypernyms ("Cowper's gland" is a kind of...):

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

Holonyms ("Cowper's gland" is a part of...):

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)