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prostate. a gland in the male that surrounds the bladder neck and urethra; it consists of a median lobe and two lateral lobes and is made up partly of glandular matter (whose ducts empty into the prostatic portion of the urethra) and partly of muscular fibers that encircle the urethra. a gland in men that surrounds the neck of the bladder and the urethra and produces a secretion that liquefies coagulated semen. prostate cancer, n a slowly progressive adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland that affects an increasing proportion of males after the age of 50.