Definition of "periurethral" []

• Surrounding the urethra (adjective)

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• "Occurring in the inner part of the prostate gland (called the periurethral gland), BPH is noncancerous growth that happens with age (and only if you have testicles)."
• "In a man who has his cancerous prostate removed, there should be no PSA in the blood except for a minute amount produced by the periurethral glands."
• "Scientists also found a PSA level higher than that expected from the periurethral glands based on the new test meant the patients would have their disease recur."