Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated beneath the urethra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.
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- adjective anatomy Situated under the
urethra , or under itsorifice .
Etymologies
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sub- + urethral
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Examples
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Behind the posterior part of the urethra, but distal to the prostate gland, are situate also the paired _glands of Cowper_, or _suburethral glands_, whose excretory ducts likewise open into the urethra.
The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900
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These drops are, he states, derived solely from the glands of Littré and the glands of Cowper (urethral and suburethral glands).
The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900
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