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cryptorchidism

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[krip-tawr-ki-diz-uhm] / krɪpˈtɔr kɪˌdɪz əm /
Also cryptorchism

noun

Pathology.

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

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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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