undescendedadjective
/ˌʌn.dɪˈsen.dɪd//ˌʌn.dɪˈsen.dɪd/specializedAn undescended testicle (= the round male sex organs that produce sperm) has not yet gone down from inside the body into the scrotum (= the bag of skin below and behind the penis):
When my son was nine he had two operations to bring down his undescended testicles.
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- These chemicals appear to cause malformed penises, undescended testicles and reduced testosterone production in laboratory rats.
- If the testicle is still undescended, he should see a paediatric surgeon before he is one year old.
- Occasionally, a testicle that seems to be undescended is simply "retractile", ie sometimes it is in the scrotum, sometimes it seems to disappear upwards.
- Such disorders include cryptorchism (undescended testes), and congenital abnormalities of the genitourinary tract.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Diseases of the reproductive system
- candida
- chlamydia
- clap
- clitoridis
- cryptorchidism
- cystocele
- dysfunctional uterine bleeding
- erectile dysfunction
- gonorrhoea
- herpes
- Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
- Mullerian agenesis
- PCOS
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- sexually transmitted disease
- syphilis
- the pox
- vaginal agenesis
- venereal
- venereology
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