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prostato-

prostato- prefix: relating to the prostate glands.

Prefix

prostato-

  1. Relating to the prostate glands.

Origin of prostato-

From prostate, borrowed from Middle French prostate, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prostata, borrowed from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs), from προΐστημι (proḯstēmi) + -της (-tēs).

Questions about prostato-

What does prostato- mean?
Prostato- means relating to the prostate glands.
What part of speech is prostato-?
Prostato- is a prefix.

Words near prostato- in the dictionary

  1. prostatism
  2. prostatisms
  3. prostatites
  4. prostatitides
  5. prostatitis
  6. prostato-
  7. prostatodynia
  8. prostatolithotomies
  9. prostatolithotomy
  10. prostatomegaly
  11. prostatorrhea

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