Etymology

cryptorchid

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Today it means: A male animal with one or two undescended testicles. Full definition →

Latin orchis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromorchis“testicle”
  2. English todaycryptorchid

From crypt- + orchid, from Latin orchis (“testicle”).

Words from the same roots

Latinorchis all →

orchidorchisorchidectomyorchiopexy

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