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# prostate

«prostate» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small gland in men and boys, under the bladder, that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a prostate, the prostate gland)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The prostate is a small gland in men and boys, under the bladder, that helps make fluid used in making babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/#m1)

2) (medicine) Prostate problems or prostate cancer are illnesses of this gland, common in older men. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Met in adult life lessons, health talk and news, often when a grandad or older man is ill or having a check-up. It tells the reader the illness is a man's illness. Phrases: «prostate cancer», «prostate gland», «prostate test», «enlarged prostate».

### examples

- Grandad went to hospital to have his prostate checked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/#x1)
- Only men have a prostate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/#x2)
- Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in older men. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/#x3)
- The doctor said finding it early helps a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/#x4)
- Many men walk and run to raise money for prostate cancer research. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/#x5)
- An enlarged prostate can make an older man need the toilet often. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/#x6)

### note

Countable but usually «the prostate». Trap: do not confuse with «prostrate» (lying flat on the ground, face down), which has an extra r. It is a normal body part, not rude; doctors and nurses talk about it plainly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prostate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prostate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.