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Cowper's gland (medicine)


Cowper's gland -->
bulbourethral gland


One of two small compound racemose glands, that produce a mucoid secretion, lying side by side along the membranous urethra just above the bulb of the corpus spongiosum; they discharge through a small duct into the spongy portion of the urethra.

Synonym: glandula bulbourethralis, Cowper's gland, Mery's gland.