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Skene2 Anat.|skiːn|
The name of Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1838–1900), Scottish-born U.S. gynæcologist, used in the possessive to designate two small, blind ducts which open into the female urethra and the glands which they drain, homologous to the ducts of the male prostate gland; (described by Skene in 1880).
1890Billings Med. Dict. II. 543/2 Skene's tubules, small blind canals, 3 to 6 mm. in length, lying along the urethra of the female and opening near the meatus. 1910Practitioner Mar. 393 Two of these spots..probably represent the opening of Skene's ducts. 1932C. J. Miller Clin. Gynecol. ii. 35 The cure of a chronic urethritis cannot be expected while there remains an active infection in Skene's glands. 1963Lancet 5 Jan. 23/2 The urethra is often tender on palpation, and thick yellow mucus can be expressed from Skene's glands. |