Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Cow·per's glandPronunciation:
"kau-p&rz-, "kü-p&rz-, "kup-&rz- Function:
noun : either of two small glands of which onelies on each side of the male urethra below the prostate gland and discharges a secretion into the semen called also
bulbourethral gland, gland of Cowper; —compare
BARTHOLIN'S GLAND
Cowáper /'kau-p&r, 'kü-p&r, 'kup-&r,/ William(1666–1709), British anatomist. In 1702 Cowper described the bulbourethral glands. The glands had been described previously, in 1684 by the French surgeon Jean Méry, but Cowper'sdescription was so excellent that ever since they have been more commonly known as Cowper's glands.
[kou-perz, koo-] 
