prostate > define

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.
  • synonyms: prostate gland

adjective

• Relating to the prostate gland.
  • synonyms: prostatic

• (n.) The prostate gland.
• (a.) 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.