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noun
A procedure for fixation of a testis, often to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and keep it there.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
History
Learned borrowing from Latin orchis + -pexy, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”) + πῆξις (pêxis, “fixing”).
