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paraprostatic

paraprostatic adjective: beyond (or around) the prostate gland.

Adjective

paraprostatic (not comparable)

  1. Beyond (or around) the prostate gland.
    • Neither prostatic nor paraprostatic cysts cause clinical signs unless they become large enough to interfere with urination or defecation or unless they abscess.2014, Marthina L. Greer, Canine Reproduction and Neonatology, page 299

Origin of paraprostatic

From para- + prostatic.

Questions about paraprostatic

What does paraprostatic mean?
Paraprostatic means beyond (or around) the prostate gland.
What part of speech is paraprostatic?
Paraprostatic is an adjective.

Words near paraprostatic in the dictionary

  1. paraprofessionals
  2. parapropamol
  3. paraprosdokian
  4. paraprosdokians
  5. paraprostate
  6. paraprostatic
  7. paraprotaspid
  8. paraprotaspides
  9. paraprotaspis
  10. paraprotein
  11. paraproteinaemia

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