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单词 cryptorchid
释义

cryptorchid

noun

crypt·​or·​chid krip-ˈtȯr-kəd How to pronounce cryptorchid (audio)
: one affected with cryptorchidism
cryptorchid adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Neuter procedures will not be performed on cryptorchid dogs – a condition in which one or both testicles have fail to descend. Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from the stem of New Latin cryptorchides, plural of cryptorchis (attested later) "having undescended testicles, a person with such a condition," from crypt- crypt- + -orchis, in monorchis monorchid

Note: As with monorchid, the stem of Greek órchis "testicle" was erroneously taken to be orchid-; cf. Greek krýpsorchis "undescended testicles," used by galen.

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

cryptorchid 1 of 2

adjective

crypt·​or·​chid krip-ˈtȯr-kəd How to pronounce cryptorchid (audio)
: affected with cryptorchidism compare monorchid

cryptorchid

2 of 2

noun

: a cryptorchid individual
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