prostate gland
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- noun
- /ˈprɒsteɪt ɡlænd/
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glándula prostática
- Post-mortem examinations on men over the age of 80 have shown that most men had cancer cells in the prostate gland but were unaware of this fact and died from other causes.
Examples
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The prostate gland encircles the urethra below the bladder and produces seminal fluid.
Academic text (2012) -
At the heart of the controversy around testing for prostate cancer is the fact that many men will develop low-grade malignant changes in the prostate gland in their later years.
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It hasn't got anything to do with the prostate gland, does it?
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For example, figure 5 shows the dose distribution in a clinical application of IMRT for treating the prostate gland.
Academic text (2002) -
BPH is the benign enlargement of the prostate gland.
Academic text (2012) -
Also, in the image above, note the pathway of the vas deferens from the testicle to the prostate gland.
Blog text (28) -
Benign and malignant changes in the prostate gland can cause PSA levels to rise, as can prostatitis.
Academic text (2012) -
Finally, there is a wealth of documentation about success stories surrounding the use of acupuncture in cases where there has been metastasis of prostate cancer beyond the prostate gland.
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When an enlarged prostate gland had constricted his urethra, Frank received a urinary catheter.
Fiction book (2001) -
Located at the base of the bladder, the prostate gland produces most of the fluid in semen.
Synonyms
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4.4
A firm gland near the base of a man's bladder that makes fluid to carry sperm
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase names an anatomical organ and is transparently built from 'prostate' (a specific gland) and 'gland' (an organ that releases fluids); there is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift. Medical compound nouns like this are cross-linguistically compositional, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the meaning.
Etymology
Prostate gland comes from old Greek and Latin words that give a simple picture: prostate comes from a Greek word meaning 'one who stands before', because this small organ sits 'in front of the bladder', and gland means a small body that makes a fluid. That's why prostate gland refers to the small organ that stands before the bladder and helps make part of the semen.