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Topic: HUMAN

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: prostata, from Greek prostates, from proïstanai 'to put in front'

prostate

 noun
     
pros‧tate also prostate gland [countable]
HBAHBH an organ in the body of male mammals that is near the bladder and that produces a liquid in which sperm are carried
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