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prostate, prostrate
prostate (PRAHS tayt") (noun)
An organ or gland within the male mammal reproductive system that is located just below the bladder and which produces the liquid in which sperm is carried: At the time of his annual check-up, the doctor checked Justin's prostate for cancer and informed him that he had an enlarged gland but that he did not have cancer.
prostrate (PRAHS trayt") (adjective)
1. Referring to someone or something that is lying flat without the energy or power to get up: After the long hike in the heat, the hikers lay prostrate in the shade, resting and sipping water.
2. Demonstrating a helplessness or submissive posture: The condemned prisoner assumed a prostrate position, hoping for clemency from the judge.
2. Demonstrating a helplessness or submissive posture: The condemned prisoner assumed a prostrate position, hoping for clemency from the judge.
A physician once said that it is preferred that a man be prostrate before the urologist can examine his prostate.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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prostrate (adjective), more prostrate, most prostrate
1. A reference to someone who is lying prone or stretched out with his or her face downward; for example, in worship or submission to a superior power.
2. Stretched out in a horizontal position, often because of illness or injury.
3. Drained of physical strength or incapacitated by overexertion or powerful emotion.
4. In botany, used to describe a plant that grows or trails along the ground.
2. Stretched out in a horizontal position, often because of illness or injury.
3. Drained of physical strength or incapacitated by overexertion or powerful emotion.
4. In botany, used to describe a plant that grows or trails along the ground.
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stratio-, strati-, strato-, strat-, -stratus; ster-, stern-
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