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CRYPTORCHIDY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptorchidy mean?
• CRYPTORCHIDY (noun)
The noun CRYPTORCHIDY has 1 sense:
1. failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
Familiarity information: CRYPTORCHIDY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("cryptorchidy" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Meronyms (parts of "cryptorchidy"):
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 "cryptorchidy"):
monorchidism; monorchism (failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum)
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