CRYPTORCHIDISM


Meaning of CRYPTORCHIDISM in English

■ noun Medicine a condition in which one or both of the testes fail to descend from the abdomen into the scrotum.

Derivatives

cryptorchid noun

Origin

C19: from crypto- + Gk orkhis , orkhid- 'testicle' + -ism .

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