cryptorchidism

[ krip-tawr-ki-diz-uhm ]

/ krɪpˈtɔr kɪˌdɪz əm /

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noun Pathology.

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

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Also cryp·tor·chism

[krip-tawr-kiz-uhm]. /krɪpˈtɔr kɪz əm/.

Origin of cryptorchidism

1880–85; <New Latin cryptorchidismus, equivalent to crypt-crypto- + orchid- (<Greek orchid-;see orchid) + -ismus-ism

OTHER WORDS FROM cryptorchidism

cryp·tor·chid, adjective

Words nearby cryptorchidism

cryptomonad, cryptonym, cryptophyte, cryptoporticus, cryptorchid, cryptorchidism, cryptosporidiosis, cryptosporidium, cryptosystem, cryptovolcanic, cryptozoic