Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prostate \Pros"tate\, a.[Gr. ? standing before, fr. ? to set
   before; ? before + ? to set: cf. F. prostate.] (Anat.)
   Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the
   males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the
   bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n. The prostate
   gland.

Source : WordNet®

prostate
     adj : relating to the prostate gland [syn: {prostatic}]

prostate
     n : a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the
         neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is
         the fluid part of semen [syn: {prostate gland}]