Meaning & use
Bulbourethral
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Relating to the bulbourethral glands, a pair of small glands in the male reproductive system that secrete a fluid preceding ejaculation.
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The bulbourethral glands release a small amount of clear fluid during arousal.
The textbook diagram labeled the bulbourethral duct alongside the prostate.
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The bulbourethral glands are also known as Cowper's glands, after the English anatomist William Cowper, who first described them.
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