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prostate gland

prostate gland noun: a gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra just below the urinary bladder that controls the release of urine from the bladder and produces a secretion that is the fluid part of semen.

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Noun

prostate gland (plural prostate glands)

  1. A gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra just below the urinary bladder that controls the release of urine from the bladder and produces a secretion that is the fluid part of semen.

prostate gland meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

prostate gland in Tamil

சுக்கிரியன் சுரப்பி, சிறுநீர்ப்பை முன்வாசல் சுரப்பி, முன்னிற்குஞ்சுரப்பி, விந்து கூழ்ச் சுரப்பி

prostate gland in Bengali

prostate gland
প্রোস্টেট গ্রন্থি prosţeţ grônthi

prostate gland in Indonesian

gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate
prostat

Forms of prostate gland

pluralprostate glands

Questions about prostate gland

What does prostate gland mean?
Prostate gland means a gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra just below the urinary bladder that controls the release of urine from the bladder and produces a secretion that is the fluid part of semen.
What is prostate gland in Tamil?
Prostate gland in Tamil is சுக்கிரியன் சுரப்பி, சிறுநீர்ப்பை முன்வாசல் சுரப்பி, முன்னிற்குஞ்சுரப்பி. See Prostate gland meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prostate gland?
Prostate gland is a noun.
What is the plural of prostate gland?
The plural of prostate gland is prostate glands.

Words near prostate gland in the dictionary

  1. prostasphere
  2. prostaspheres
  3. prostatauxe
  4. prostate
  5. prostate cancer
  6. prostate gland
  7. prostate glands
  8. prostate-specific
  9. prostate-specific antigen
  10. prostate-specific antigens
  11. prostatectomies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prostate gland (page history and authors); prostate gland (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রোস্টেট গ্রন্থি (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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