Definitions for orchiopexy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. orchiopexy(noun)

    operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum

Wiktionary

  1. orchiopexy(Noun)

    The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Orchiopexy

    A surgical procedure in which an undescended testicle is sutured inside the SCROTUM in male infants or children to correct CRYPTORCHIDISM. Orchiopexy is also performed to treat TESTICULAR TORSION in adults and adolescents.


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