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Cryptorchism

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cryptorchidismnoun(andrology) The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
cryptorchidynounfailure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops

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cryptorchidismnoun(andrology) The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
cryptorchidynounfailure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
aberratio testisnoun(medicine) A testis that is descending to a wrong position after born, or not descending at all (cryptorchidism).
synorchismnounUnion or fusion of the testes.
orchotomynoun(dated) The surgical removal of a testicle; castration.
triorchidismnoun(medicine) A form of polyorchidism characterized by the presence of three testes.
hemiscrotumnounEither half of a normal scrotum; an abnormal scrotum missing an entire half
orchiectomynoun(surgery) The surgical removal of one or both testes.
orchidotomynounsurgical removal of the testicles; castration
orchiopexynoun(surgery) A procedure for fixation of a testis, often to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and keep it there.
oscheocelenounA scrotal hernia.
orchinoun(surgery, transgender slang) Clipping of orchiectomy. [(surgery) The surgical removal of one or both testes.]
testectomynounorchiectomy; removal of one or both testes
testiclectomynounRemoval of the testicles. (Compare castration, orchiectomy.)
autocastrationnounThe removal of one's own testicles.
scrotocelenoun(medicine, obsolete, rare) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum.
orchienoun(surgery, transgender slang) Clipping of orchiectomy. [(surgery) The surgical removal of one or both testes.]
orcheocelenoun(pathology, archaic) A tumour or inflammation of the testicle.
hemicastrationnounHalf castration, by the removal of a single testicle.
scrotectomynoun(surgery) The complete or partial removal of the scrotum.

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