What it means
The root in words about the prostate gland, which wraps around the urethrayoo-REE-thruhThe tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.Full entry just below the bladder and makes part of the fluid in semen. Prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate, a prostatectomy is removal of it, and benign prostatic hyperplasiabee-NINE proh-STAT-ik hy-per-PLAY-zhuhA prostate gland that has grown larger than normal, from growth that is not cancer.hyper- more than normalplas growth or formation-ia conditionFull entry is a non-cancer enlargement that can squeeze the urethra and slow urine flow.
At a glance
| Also written | prostato-, prostat- |
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Related terms
benign prostatic hyperplasia
A prostate gland that has grown larger than normal, from growth that is not cancer.
urethra
The tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.
hyperplasia
An increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ, making it larger.