Taber's Medical Dictionary
Cowper gland
(kow′pĕr, koo′ )
[William Cowper, Brit. anatomist, 1666-1709]
Either of two small, round, yellow glands, one on each side of the prostate gland, each with a duct about 1 in (2.5 cm) long, terminating in the wall of the urethra. They secrete a viscid fluid forming part of the seminal fluid and correspond to the Bartholin glands in the female.
SYN: SEE: bulbourethral gland
SEE: prostate; SEE: urethra
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Cowper Gland." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768550/0/Cowper_gland.
Cowper gland. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768550/0/Cowper_gland. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Cowper gland. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768550/0/Cowper_gland
Cowper Gland [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768550/0/Cowper_gland.
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