aberratio testis

US/æb.ɜˈɹeɪ.ʃi.oʊ ˈtɜs.tɪs/

noun

A testis that is descending to a wrong position after born, or not descending at all (cryptorchidism).

OriginLatin aberratio →
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Meanings

nounaberratio testis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA testis that is descending to a wrong position after born, or not descending at all (cryptorchidism).

Origin

  1. Latinaberratio“aberration”
  2. Englishaberratio testis

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

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Chicago

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