CRYPTORCHISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptorchism mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTORCHISM (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 ("cryptorchism" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "cryptorchism"):

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 "cryptorchism"):

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