prostate

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: pros=tate

CIDE DICTIONARY

prostate, a. [Gr. standing before, fr. to set before; before + to set: cf. F. prostate.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prostate, n. (in full prostate gland) a gland surrounding the neck of the bladder in male mammals and releasing a fluid forming part of the semen.

Derivative

prostatic adj.

Etymology

F f. mod.L prostata f. Gk prostates one that stands before (as PRO-(2), statos standing)

ROGET THESAURUS

prostate

Depression

VB depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset, upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down, raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down, couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow, courtesy, curtsy, bob, duck, dip, kneel, bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head, cower, recline.