cryptorchidism
American
[krip-tawr-ki-diz-uhm]
/ krɪpˈtɔr kɪˌdɪz əm /
Also
cryptorchism
noun
Pathology.
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Etymology
Origin of cryptorchidism
1880–85; < New Latin cryptorchidismus, equivalent to crypt- crypto- + orchid- (< Greek orchid-; see orchid) + -ismus -ism
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