Definition of cryptorchid in English:
cryptorchid
noun ˌkrɪpˈtɔːkɪdkripˈtôrkid
Medicine A person suffering from cryptorchidism.
Example sentencesExamples
- While estimates in the literature range from 4% to 5.5% of the cryptorchid male population, the incidence may be higher.
- If a testis is not palpable, it is important to determine if it is retractile, ectopic, or cryptorchid.
- The radiologic findings and the findings of other imaging studies of the subsequently removed cryptorchid testes were unremarkable.
- The authors calculate that the risk of testicular cancer is approximately 5 percent in cryptorchid boys with intra-abdominal testes, abnormal external genitalia or an abnormal karyotype.
- Monorchidism occurs more often in boxers than is the norm, probably because the boxer standard once allowed cryptorchids to be exhibited, and many were used for breeding.