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The discomfort that follows can feel identical to true prostate inflammation, even though the prostate itself is normal.—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025 After years of drug abuse, as well as prostate cancer and diabetes, Brown’s health was deteriorating.—Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025 What to know about prostate cancer.—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025 Peter Arnett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter whose international war journalism brought him widespread renown from the Vietnam era through the Gulf wars, died December 17 of prostate cancer in Newport Beach, CA.—Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prostate
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Etymology
New Latin prostata prostate gland, from Greek prostatēs, from proïstanai to put in front, from pro- before + histanai to cause to stand — more at pro-, stand
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