cowper : Idioms & Phrases

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cowper's gland

  • noun either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female
    bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland.
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cowper's glands

  • noun either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female
    bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland.
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Cow"per's glands`
Etymology
After the discoverer, William Cowper, an English surgeon.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
Webster 1913

john cowper powys

  • noun British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
    Powys.
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william cowper

  • noun English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
    Cowper.
  • noun English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)
    Cowper.
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