prostaten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈprɒsteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈprɑˌsteɪt/

Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s prostata, 1600s–1700s prostatae (plural).

β. 1600s– prostate.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prostate; Latin prostata.

Etymology: < French prostate (1555 in Middle French) and its etymon post-classical Latin prostata the prostate (1625 in the passage translated in quot. 1654 at sense A. as prostrata ; compare prostrate n.²) < ancient Greek προστάτης person who stands before, leader, chief, in Hellenistic Greek also prostate gland < προΐσταναι to set before ( < προ- pro- prefix² + ἱστάναι to stand: see stand v.) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare prostrate n.²

Anatomy and Zoology.

A. n.

In male humans and most other male mammals: an exocrine gland which surrounds the urethra at the neck of the bladder and contributes a thin, milky secretion to the seminal fluid; a lobe of such a gland.In early use sometimes confused with the seminal vesicles; cf. quots. 1638 and 1646.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > prostate gland

prostate1638

prostrate1686

prostate gland1711

prostatic gland1835

prostatic body1838

1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) i. xxiii. 213 The Vasa deferentia passing by these, go to the glandules called prostatæ, by the which they are compassed.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 189 An Horse or Bull may generate after castration, that is, from the stock..of seminall matter, already prepared and stored up in the Prostates or glandules of generation.

1651 N. Highmore Hist. Generation xi. 109 For first, these Atomes are separated by the testicles, a glandulous body; next, they are conveighed to the Prostata, a glandule too.

1654 N. Culpeper tr. S. Partlitz New Method of Physick 407 The parts..Belonging to Men, are..Such as receive the Seed and keep it, as the Glandulae Prostatae [L. prostratae glandulae].

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. ii. 19 There are several glandular Bodies situated..immediately before the Seed-Bladders [in the horse], and are therefore called Prostates.

1792 Cheselden's Anat. Human Body (ed. 13) 267 Prostatæ are two glands, or rather one, about the size of a nutmeg.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 234 The chief cases..are those of enlarged prostates.

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 31 It is in accordance with general usage to speak of both of these sets of glands [in the male rabbit] as ‘prostates’ , the smaller as the ‘anterior’ and the larger as the ‘posterior prostates’.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiv. 369 Cowper's glands are a pair of glandular bodies, varying greatly in size, and placed on the dorsal wall of the urino-genital canal, behind the prostate.

1979 W. F. R. Stewart Sexual Aspects Social Work (BNC) 49 Immediately before ejaculation, the vas deferens, seminal vesicles and prostate contract, forcing seminal fluid into the upper part of the urethra.

2004 New Yorker 2 Feb. 64/2 The use of largely unproved herbal remedies—from blueberry extract for impaired vision to saw palmetto for the treatment of enlarged prostates..—has increased as rapidly as the use of any commonly prescribed drug.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of, relating to, or designating the prostate, as prostate cancer, prostate gland, etc.In quot. 1752: designating Bartholin's gland (the female homologue of Cowper's gland).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > prostate gland

prostate1638

prostrate1686

prostate gland1711

prostatic gland1835

prostatic body1838

1711 J. Marten Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 7) ii. iii. 394 Continued Gleets or Weepings succeed, which still prove the more troublesome, if the Prostate Glandules, by the long and foul Ulcerations are much eaten away.

1752 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. i. ii. 94 On each side of the Meatus urinarius are two small..openings the tubes of which..come from the prostate gland.

1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 582 The prostate gland..is situated at the front of the pelvis, and near the symphysis pubis.

1954 C. R. Attlee As it Happened xiii. 105 I had to enter a nursing home and underwent two operations for prostate trouble.

1992 USA Today 12 May d1/4 The dilemma arose with the development of the PSA blood test and ultrasound tests, which now detect prostate cancer before a man has symptoms.

2005 Woman & Home July 120/1 Prostate disease is the male health trouble par excellence.

Compounds

prostate-specific antigen n. Medicine an enzyme (a serine protease) present in prostatic fluid, elevated levels of which can be detected in the blood in benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer; abbreviated PSA.

ΚΠ

1979 Investigative Urol. 17 162/2 This is the first report describing the purification of a prostate-specific antigen that does not represent the prostatic acid phosphatase.

1992 Bottom Line Personal 30 July 11/1 A thorough screening includes not only the familiar digital rectal exam..but also the newly available blood test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA).

2005 Woman & Home July 120/2 The first test for cancer is a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test, a simple blood test taken at your GP.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	prostate
释义	prostaten.adj. Brit. /ˈprɒsteɪt/, U.S. /ˈprɑˌsteɪt/ Forms: α. 1600s–1700s prostata, 1600s–1700s prostatae (plural). β. 1600s– prostate. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prostate; Latin prostata. Etymology: < French prostate (1555 in Middle French) and its etymon post-classical Latin prostata the prostate (1625 in the passage translated in quot. 1654 at sense A. as prostrata ; compare prostrate n.²) < ancient Greek προστάτης person who stands before, leader, chief, in Hellenistic Greek also prostate gland < προΐσταναι to set before ( < προ- pro- prefix² + ἱστάναι to stand: see stand v.) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare prostrate n.² Anatomy and Zoology. A. n. In male humans and most other male mammals: an exocrine gland which surrounds the urethra at the neck of the bladder and contributes a thin, milky secretion to the seminal fluid; a lobe of such a gland.In early use sometimes confused with the seminal vesicles; cf. quots. 1638 and 1646. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > prostate gland prostate1638 prostrate1686 prostate gland1711 prostatic gland1835 prostatic body1838 1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) i. xxiii. 213 The Vasa deferentia passing by these, go to the glandules called prostatæ, by the which they are compassed. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 189 An Horse or Bull may generate after castration, that is, from the stock..of seminall matter, already prepared and stored up in the Prostates or glandules of generation. View more context for this quotation 1651 N. Highmore Hist. Generation xi. 109 For first, these Atomes are separated by the testicles, a glandulous body; next, they are conveighed to the Prostata, a glandule too. 1654 N. Culpeper tr. S. Partlitz New Method of Physick 407 The parts..Belonging to Men, are..Such as receive the Seed and keep it, as the Glandulae Prostatae [L. prostratae glandulae]. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. ii. 19 There are several glandular Bodies situated..immediately before the Seed-Bladders [in the horse], and are therefore called Prostates. 1792 Cheselden's Anat. Human Body (ed. 13) 267 Prostatæ are two glands, or rather one, about the size of a nutmeg. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 234 The chief cases..are those of enlarged prostates. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 31 It is in accordance with general usage to speak of both of these sets of glands [in the male rabbit] as ‘prostates’ , the smaller as the ‘anterior’ and the larger as the ‘posterior prostates’. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiv. 369 Cowper's glands are a pair of glandular bodies, varying greatly in size, and placed on the dorsal wall of the urino-genital canal, behind the prostate. 1979 W. F. R. Stewart Sexual Aspects Social Work (BNC) 49 Immediately before ejaculation, the vas deferens, seminal vesicles and prostate contract, forcing seminal fluid into the upper part of the urethra. 2004 New Yorker 2 Feb. 64/2 The use of largely unproved herbal remedies—from blueberry extract for impaired vision to saw palmetto for the treatment of enlarged prostates..—has increased as rapidly as the use of any commonly prescribed drug. B. adj. (attributive). Of, relating to, or designating the prostate, as prostate cancer, prostate gland, etc.In quot. 1752: designating Bartholin's gland (the female homologue of Cowper's gland). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > prostate gland prostate1638 prostrate1686 prostate gland1711 prostatic gland1835 prostatic body1838 1711 J. Marten Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 7) ii. iii. 394 Continued Gleets or Weepings succeed, which still prove the more troublesome, if the Prostate Glandules, by the long and foul Ulcerations are much eaten away. 1752 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. i. ii. 94 On each side of the Meatus urinarius are two small..openings the tubes of which..come from the prostate gland. 1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 582 The prostate gland..is situated at the front of the pelvis, and near the symphysis pubis. 1954 C. R. Attlee As it Happened xiii. 105 I had to enter a nursing home and underwent two operations for prostate trouble. 1992 USA Today 12 May d1/4 The dilemma arose with the development of the PSA blood test and ultrasound tests, which now detect prostate cancer before a man has symptoms. 2005 Woman & Home July 120/1 Prostate disease is the male health trouble par excellence. Compounds prostate-specific antigen n. Medicine an enzyme (a serine protease) present in prostatic fluid, elevated levels of which can be detected in the blood in benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer; abbreviated PSA. ΚΠ 1979 Investigative Urol. 17 162/2 This is the first report describing the purification of a prostate-specific antigen that does not represent the prostatic acid phosphatase. 1992 Bottom Line Personal 30 July 11/1 A thorough screening includes not only the familiar digital rectal exam..but also the newly available blood test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA). 2005 Woman & Home July 120/2 The first test for cancer is a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test, a simple blood test taken at your GP. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1638
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