COWPER'S GLAND


Meaning of COWPER'S GLAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkau̇-pərz-, ˈkü-, ˈku̇- ]

noun

Etymology: William Cowper died 1709 English surgeon

Date: 1738

: either of two small glands lying on either side of the male urethra below the prostate gland and discharging a secretion into the semen — called also bulbourethral gland — compare Bartholin's gland

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