prostate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    prostate gland.
  2. adjective relating to the prostate gland
    prostatic.

WordNet

Pros"tate adjective
Etymology
Gr. standing before, fr. to set before; before + to set: cf. F. prostate.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n. The prostate gland.

Webster 1913