Etymology

aberratio testis

Today it means: A testis that is descending to a wrong position after born, or not descending at all (cryptorchidism). Full definition →

Latin aberratio
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromaberratio“aberration”
  2. English todayaberratio testis

Borrowed from Latin aberratio (“aberration”) + testis (“of a testis”), genitive of testis.

Words from the same roots

Latinaberratio all →

aberrationaberratio lactis

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