prostate vs prostrate :

Definitions

  • 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
  • a  relating to the prostate gland

  • v  get into a prostrate position, as in submission
  • v  render helpless or defenseless
    They prostrated the enemy
  • v  throw down flat, as on the ground
    She prostrated herself with frustration
  • s  stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
  • s  lying face downward
News & Articles

  • Ark. Prostate Cancer Foundation holds Rockin' Bow Tie Affair
    The Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation held its Rockin' Bow Tie Affair Thursday night.
    June 14, 2013 - KTHV Little Rock
  • Calpers chief investment officer has prostate cancer
    By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The chief investment of Calpers, California's state pension fund, is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, the fund said on Friday. Joseph Dear, 62, has ceded some of his responsibilities as CIO of the California Public Employees' Retirement System to Theodore Eliopoulos, the fund's senior investment officer for real estate. Calpers is America's biggest ...
    June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Prostate screening policies differ by doctor
    Prostate screening tests detect prostate cancer early, but questions about whether the tests do more harm than good have made them one of the most hotly debated areas of medicine.
    June 12, 2013 - La Crosse Tribune