maldescendedadj.
/ˌmaldᵻˈsɛndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌmældəˈsɛndəd/, /ˌmældiˈsɛndəd/ Medicine.
Of a testis: not having descended all the way into the scrotum from the abdominal cavity.
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orchitic1857
undescended1897
maldescended1908
retractile1937
1908 Ann. Surg. 48 321 (heading) Treatment of the undescended or maldescended testis.
1933 Post-Graduate Med. Jrnl. 9 248 There is a widespread..belief that if a young boy with a mal-descended testis is left alone the organ will drop..at puberty.
1962 Lancet 19 May 1059/1 A few weeks ago we attempted to evaluate the dangers of malignancy arising in undescended and maldescended testes.
1994 Internat. Jrnl. Androl. 17 36/1 Concomitant surgical biopsy and fine-needle aspiration were thus performed on a total of 171 previously maldescended testes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1908