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What does prostato- mean?
Relating to the prostate glands.
Where does prostato- come from?
From prostate, borrowed from Middle French prostate, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prostata, borrowed from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs), from προΐστημι (proḯstēmi) + -της (-tēs).

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