cryptorchidism
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Origin of cryptorchidism
1880–85; < New Latin cryptorchidismus, equivalent to crypt- crypto- + orchid- (< Greek orchid-; see orchid) + -ismus -ism
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Cryptorchidism is the clinical term used when one or both of the testes fail to descend into the scrotum prior to birth.
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