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cryptorchidism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: andrology, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undescended testis

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cryptorchidy, cryptorchism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abnormality, abnormalcy

Narrower terms: monorchism, monorchidism

History

Etymology

From cryptorchid + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: criptorquídia — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隱睪 /隐睾 (yǐngāo) — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隱睪症 /隐睾症 (yǐngāozhèng) — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Finnish: piilokiveksisyys — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Finnish: kryptorkia — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • French: cryptorchidie — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Greek: κρυψορχία (krypsorchía) — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Hebrew: טמירות אשכים — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Hebrew: אשך טמיר — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Italian: criptorchidismo — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Khiamniungan Naga: yōhthīeh — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Polish: wnętrostwo — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Portuguese: criptorquia — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Portuguese: criptorquidia — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Russian: крипторхизм (kriptorxizm) — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
  • Spanish: criptorquidia — The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum