PROSTATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prostate mean? 

• PROSTATE (noun)
  The noun PROSTATE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PROSTATE used as a noun is very rare.

• PROSTATE (adjective)
  The adjective PROSTATE has 1 sense:

1. relating to the prostate gland

  Familiarity information: PROSTATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSTATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

prostate; prostate gland

Hypernyms ("prostate" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

Holonyms ("prostate" is a part of...):

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

Derivation:

prostatic (relating to the prostate gland)

• PROSTATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to the prostate gland

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

prostate; prostatic

Pertainym:

prostate gland (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)

 Context examples 

This strain develops spontaneous prostate cancer with age and is used as a rat model of human prostate cancer in biomedical research.

(ACI/Seg, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of cancers of the lung, liver, colon, breast and prostate as well as leukemias.

(MIR126 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the prostate gland and has spread to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer and breast cancer.

(Abiraterone acetate, NCI Dictionary)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of cancers of the liver, breast, thyroid, ovary and prostate as well as Alzheimer's disease.

(MIR146A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of cancers of the liver, ovary, breast, lung, thyroid and prostate, as well as melanoma and glioblastoma multiforme.

(MIR221 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the prostate gland that begins suddenly and gets worse quickly.

(Acute bacterial prostatitis, NCI Dictionary)

Common sites of origin include lung, breast, and prostate. —2003

(Metastatic Carcinoma to the Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland characterized by the presence of signet ring malignant cells.

(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Signet Ring Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

A translocation of this gene with the ETV1 gene may be associated with prostate cancer.

(ACSL3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)