PROSTATE GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prostate gland mean? 

• PROSTATE GLAND (noun)
  The noun PROSTATE GLAND 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 GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSTATE GLAND (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 gland" 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 gland" is a part of...):

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

 Context examples 

A chronic infection of the prostate gland caused by bacteria.

(Chronic bacterial prostatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

An infectious or non-infectious chronic inflammatory process that affects the prostate gland.

(Chronic Prostatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-cancerous nodular enlargement of the prostate gland.

(Benign prostatic hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

The uppermost part of the prostate gland adjacent to the bladder wall.

(Base of the Prostate, NCI Thesaurus)

Focal proliferation of small acinar glandular cells in the prostate gland with cytologic changes ranging from atypia to highly suggestive of malignancy.

(Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation of the Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute or chronic bacterial infection that affects the prostate gland.

(Bacterial Prostatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition of the prostate gland that continues or gets worse over a long period of time.

(Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

The anterior lobe of the prostate gland in animals.

(Coagulating Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

Approximately 70% of the prostate gland lies in the peripheral zone.

(Peripheral Zone of the Prostatic Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign, borderline, or malignant fibroepithelial neoplasm arising from the breast and rarely the prostate gland.

(Phyllodes tumor, NCI Thesaurus)