CRYPTORCHIDISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptorchidism mean? 

• CRYPTORCHIDISM (noun)
  The noun CRYPTORCHIDISM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CRYPTORCHIDISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTORCHIDISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cryptorchidism; cryptorchidy; cryptorchism

Hypernyms ("cryptorchidism" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Meronyms (parts of "cryptorchidism"):

undescended testicle; undescended testis (a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cryptorchidism"):

monorchidism; monorchism (failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum)

 Context examples 

Cryptorchidism may increase the risk for development of testicular cancer.

(Cryptorchidism, NCI Dictionary)

A malignant tumor predominantly affecting young men and often associated with cryptorchidism.

(Malignant Testicular Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It can result in unilateral or bilateral cryptorchidism, testicular regression syndrome and sterility.

(Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)