CRYPTORCHIDISM


Meaning of CRYPTORCHIDISM in English

— cryptorchid , adj.

/krip tawr"ki diz'euhm/ , n. Pathol.

failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.

Also, cryptorchism /krip tawr"kiz euhm/ .

[ 1880-85; cryptorchidismus, equiv. to crypt- CRYPTO- + orchid- ( orchid-; see ORCHID) + -ismus -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .