prostaticadj.

1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body II. viii. 206 On each side of the great Orifice lies the small Prostatic Hole [Fr. Trou Prostatique].

1754 S. Mihles tr. A. von Haller Physiol. I. viii. 190 The semen thickens by an affusion of the prostatic liquor [L. liquido prostatae].

1823 Lancet 19 Oct. 90/2 I have found the membranous and prostatic portions dilated.

1884 H. Thompson Tumours of Bladder 38 I found prostatic outgrowth forming a salient ridge, broad, and overlapping the base and sides of the internal meatus.

1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male i. 27 They had all undergone prostatic operation.

1984 V. Brome Freud & his Disciples vii. 110 He..was seriously put out by the lack of public lavatories in America which made his prostatic trouble more acute.

2003 More Nov. 157/1 More than half of men over age 50 have benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a noncancerous growth.

1838 A. Thomson in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 459/1 Very little is known as to the uses of the prostatic body.

1972 Exper. & Molecular Pathol. 16 287 Only the distal portion of the prostatic body was prepared.

2001 Urology 57 722/2 On the basis of the MRI maps and pathologic outlines, the prostatic body and periprostatic structures were divided into seven segments.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 355/2 Prostatic or other urethral glands.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiv. 370 The apertures of the ducts of the prostatic glands are small slit-like openings at the sides of the verumontanum.

2005 Human Pathol. 36 1194/2 Basal cells lining the prostatic glands and basal cell hyperplasias typically expressed IGF-IR and IRS-1.