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Definition of Cryptorchism

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

Definition of Cryptorchism

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Medical Definition of Cryptorchism

1. Failure of one or both of the testes to descend. Synonym: cryptorchidism. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptorchism

Literary usage of Cryptorchism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medico-surgical Aspects of the Spanish American War by Nicholas Senn (1900)
"cryptorchism and incomplete descent of the testicle are congenital defects, the frequency of which has never been established by reliable and extensive ..."

2. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"cryptorchism, or retention and atrophy of testicles. This condition, a semi-"hermaphroditic" one, is characterized by the fact that the normal descent of ..."

3. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1908)
"In cryptorchism the testicles can neither be felt in the scrotum, ... cryptorchism seems to be comparatively frequent in the newborn: among 102 newborn boys ..."

4. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"In cryptorchism the testicles can neither be felt in the scrotum, ... cryptorchism seems to be comparatively frequent in the newborn: among 102 newborn boys ..."

5. Urology: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Diseases of the Male Genital Organs by Edward Loughborough Keyes (1917)
"The term "ectopia testis" is often used loosely as a synonym for cryptorchism. cryptorchism is an infrequent anomaly. Eccles * reports 854 cases among 48000 ..."

6. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"During the last twenty years 42 cases of cryptorchism or monor- chism have ... As regards the frequency of cryptorchism, only relative statements can be ..."

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