Pros″tate (?), a. [Gr. � standing before, fr. � to set before; � before + � to set: cf. F. prostate.] (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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.