Cowper's gland

[ kou-perz, koo- ]

noun

, Anatomy, Zoology.

1. either of two small glands that secrete a mucous substance into the male urethra.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cowper's gland¹

1730–40; named after William Cowper (1666–1709), English anatomist, who discovered them

Example Sentences

Preejaculate—which pretty much everyone calls precum—is the lubricative secretion that is emitted, involuntarily, from the Cowper’s gland in the penis during sexual arousal.

From Scientific American

These pioneering sex researchers “warned of the possibility of pregnancy from withdrawal due to the presence of sperm in secretions of the Cowper’s gland”—a statement that “was apparently not evidence-based but subsequently repeated,” the authors write.

From Scientific American

Cowper's Gland, which secretes a liquid which makes the urethra alkaline.

From Project Gutenberg