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cryptorchism

crypt·or·chism [ krip táwr kìzzəm ] or crypt·or·chi·dism [ krip táwrki dìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
having undescended testicle: a developmental condition affecting some men, boys, or male animals in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum

[Late 19th century. <crypto- + Latin orchis "testicle" < Greek orkhis]
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