The term ethnography has come to be equated with virtually any qualitative research project where the intent is to provide a detailed, in-depth description of everyday life and practice.
Glans â This is the Latin word for acorn. Prostate â This is from the Greek expression pro histanai meaning that which stands before. In this case what it stood before were the testes. Seminal vesicle â Two interesting Latin roots appear here.
The medical name for this condition is benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). âHyperplasiaâ means tissue growth. More than half of men over age 60 have signs of BPH, and about 90% of men over age 70 have this condition. Many men have an enlarged prostate and donât know it, but sometimes the swelling causes problems. Because the prostate wraps around the urethra, as it grows, it can close like a fist, squeezing the urethra.