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cryptorchid

[krip-tawr-ki-diz-uhm]

noun Pathology.

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

Also, cryp·tor·chism

[krip-tawr-kiz-uhm] .

Origin:
1880–85; < Neo-Latin cryptorchidismus, equivalent to crypt- crypto- + orchid- (< Greek orchid-; see orchid) + -ismus -ism

Related forms

cryp·tor·chid, adjective

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cryptorchid (krɪpˈtɔːkɪd)

—n
1.	an animal or human in which the testes fail to descend into the scrotum

—*adj*
2.	denoting or relating to such an individual

[from crypto- + orchid, from Greek orkhis testicle]

cryp'torchidism

—n

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cryptorchid

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