cryptorchism

cryptorchism
crypt·or·chism (krĭp-tôrʹkĭz'əm) also crypt·or·chi·dism (-kĭ-dĭz'əm) n.
A developmental defect marked by the failure of the testes to descend into the scrotum.
  [From New Latin cryptorchidismus, from Greek kruptorkhos, having undescended testicles : crypto- + orkhis, orkhid-, testicle.]   crypt·orʹchid n.

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