cryptorchidism
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of cryptorchidism
1880–85; < New Latin cryptorchidismus, equivalent to crypt- crypto- + orchid- (< Greek orchid-; see orchid) + -ismus -ism
Example Sentences
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As for “Hitler Has Only Got One Ball,” set to the popular World War I tune “Colonel Bogey’s March,” this song mocking Hitler’s rumored right-side cryptorchidism emerged out of the British military sometime in 1939.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2019
Medical records from his arrival in Landsberg state he suffered from unilateral cryptorchidism, an undescended right testicle.
From US News • Dec. 22, 2015
Beyond that, says Dr. Lawrence Einhorn of Indiana University, who treated Lance Armstrong, "we have looked at several risk factors, and the only one that's really been proved is cryptorchidism."
From Time Magazine Archive
I read about hyperadrenocorticism and feminizing testes and something called cryptorchidism, which applied to me.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The following case is an example, and is interesting in other respects: A young man was affected with imbecility and congenital cryptorchidism with atrophy of the testicles.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
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