MONORCHIDISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monorchidism mean? 

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

1. failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONORCHIDISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

monorchidism; monorchism

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

cryptorchidism; cryptorchidy; cryptorchism (failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)