Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
gland of Lit·tré Pronunciation:
-lE-'trA Function:
noun : any of the urethral glands of the male called also
Littré'sgland Litátré /lE-trA/,
Alexis (1658–1726), French surgeon and anatomist. Littré described the glands of Littré in 1700. He was thefirst (in 1710) to propose the operation of colostomy for the relief of intestinal obstruction. In 1719 he published the first description of herniation of a diverticulum, which in this case wasMeckel's diverticulum.
