prostate gland

English

Noun

prostate gland (plural prostate glands)

2. (anatomy) A gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra just below the urinary bladder that controls the release of urine from the bladder and produces a secretion that is the fluid part of semen.

Hypernyms

• urogenital sinus - embryological precursor
• internal genitalia

Translations

gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra — see also prostate

• Czech: předstojná žláza (cs) f
• Danish: blærehalskirtel c
• Finnish: eturauhanen (fi)
• French: glande prostatique f
• German: Vorsteherdrüse (de) f
• Hebrew: בַּלּוּטַת הָעַרְמוֹנִית (he) f
• Indonesian: prostat (id)
• Lithuanian: priešinė liauka f
• Maori: repe tātea
• Polish: gruczoł krokowy (pl) m
• Russian: предста́тельная железа́ (ru) f (predstátelʹnaja železá)
• Spanish: glándula prostática f
• Swedish: blåshalskörtel (sv) c
• Ukrainian: передміху́рова за́лоза f (peredmixúrova záloza)
• Welsh: chwarren brostad f, prostad m