| 释义 |
undeˈscended, a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Of a person: not in the line of descent.
1701De Foe Trueborn Eng. i. 169 Yet who the Heroe was, no Man can tell... The silent Record Blushes to reveal Their Undescended Dark Original.
2. Med. Applied to a testis that has not descended into the scrotum from its fœtal position in the abdominal cavity.
1897in Lippincott's Med. Dict. 1901Ann. Surg. XXXIV. 234 The undescended testicle is an extremely interesting organ. 1908, etc. [see maldescended a.]. 1964[see maldescent]. 1980Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. CXXXV. 211/2 Until recently, localization of the undescended testicle has remained a clinical urologic problem. |