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Definition of 'cryptorchidism'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cryptorchidism
failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.

Etymology: (1880–85; < NL cryptorchidismus=crypt-crypto - +orchid- (< Gk orchid-; see orchid ) +-ismus -ism)

Definition of 'cryptorchidism'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cryptorchidy, cryptorchidism, cryptorchism
failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops

Definition of 'cryptorchidism'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. cryptorchidism
A developmental defect in which a TESTIS or both TESTES failed to descend from high in the ABDOMEN to the bottom of the SCROTUM. Testicular descent is essential to normal SPERMATOGENESIS which requires temperature lower than the BODY TEMPERATURE. Cryptorchidism can be subclassified by the location of the maldescended testis.

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