Prostate

a. [Gr. προστάτης, standing before, from προϊστάναι, to set before, προστῆναι, to stand before, from πρό, before, and ἱστάναι, to set; Fr. prostate.] (Anat.) Standing before:—applied to a gland situated just before the neck of the bladder in males, and surrounding the beginning of the urethra. It is situated on the under and posterior part of the neck of the bladder, so as to surround the lower side of the urethra.

n. (Anat.) The prostate gland.