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cryp·tor·chi·dism    Audio Help   [krip-tawr-ki-diz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun Pathology.
failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
Also, cryp·tor·chism    Audio Help   [krip-tawr-kiz-uhm] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1880–85; < NL cryptorchidismus, equiv. to crypt- crypto- + orchid- (< Gk orchid-; see orchid) + -ismus -ism]

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cryp·tor·chid, adjective
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crypt·or·chism    Audio Help   (krĭp-tôr'kĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A developmental defect marked by the failure of the testes to descend into the scrotum.


[From New Latin cryptorchidismus, from Greek kruptorkhos, having undescended testicles : crypt(o)- + orkhis, orkhid-, testicle.]

crypt·or'chid n.
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Main Entry: 2cryptorchid
Function: noun
: a cryptorchid individual

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Main Entry: 1crypt·or·chid
Pronunciation: krip-'tor-k&d
Function: adjective
: affected with cryptorchidism —compare MONORCHID

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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