prostate
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pros·tate
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Definition of prostate
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Other Words from prostate
prostatic
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Examples of prostate in a Sentence
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Standard therapy typically maintains control of metastatic prostate cancer for an average of about 13 months. — Robert Gatenby, Scientific American, "Darwin’s Ideas on Evolution Drive a Radical New Approach to Cancer Drug Use," 3 Aug. 2019 According to another Kaiser study, Medicare patients suffering from prostate cancer, for example, pay a median price of $8,181 for leading drug Zytiga. — Walecia Konrad, CBS News, "Wondering why health-care costs are so high? Blame it on the drugs," 2 Aug. 2019 An 80-year-old sleep researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine has died due to complications from spreading prostate cancer, university officials announced Monday. — Bay City News, The Mercury News, "Prominent Stanford University sleep medicine researcher dies of cancer," 23 July 2019 Stage one prostate cancer is generally slow growing and curable, according to the cancer treatment provider Texas Oncology. — R.a. Schuetz, Houston Chronicle, "Megachurch Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell announces prostate cancer diagnosis," 7 July 2019 Another game changer is Kamal Chaudhari, a skin and prostate cancer survivor, who, at 84 years old, competed in badminton at the National Senior Games. — Tim Tadder, CNN, "'The spirit is undaunted': Portraits showcase strength of senior athletes," 29 June 2019 Shortly before he was expected to announce, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, "Who is Michael Bennet, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate?," 27 June 2019 The duo completed the challenge back in February of this year, as part of a fundraiser to support the fight against prostate cancer. — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, "Dax Shepard's Birthday Message to Kristen Bell Shows Video of Them Suffering Through Choco Challenge," 18 July 2019 Longtime Bay Area sports-talk personality Ray Woodson announced this week that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. — Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, "Sports media: Former KNBR host Ray Woodson diagnosed with cancer," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prostate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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prostate
noun
pros·tate
| \ ˈpräs-ˌtāt
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Medical Definition of prostate
(Entry 1 of 2)
prostate
adjectiveMedical Definition of prostate (Entry 2 of 2)
: of, relating to, or being the prostate gland
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