Cryptorchidism Definition

krĭp-tôrkĭ-dĭzəm
noun
A congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
cryptorchidism
Plural:
cryptorchidisms

Origin of Cryptorchidism

  • From New Latin cryptorchidismus from Greek kruptorkhos having undescended testicles crypt(o)– orkhis orkhid- testicle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • cryptorchid +‎ -ism.

    From Wiktionary

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