Meanings
plural cryptorchidisms
- uncountableusuallyandrologyThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
In them, an examining doctor certified Hitler with a “right-side cryptorchidism” – not quite the missing ball of the British second world war song, but an undescended right testicle.
2025 November 13, Philip Oltermann, “Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
Other publications report a similar rate of 4–7%, but emphasize the influence of cryptorchidism, with which polyorchidism has been closely associated and which independently conveys an increased risk of testicular dysplasia [6], [9].
2013 January 28, Chloe B. Wilcox, Rachel D'Cruz, Andrew J.A. Holland, “Polyorchism in association with an undescended testis and testicular atrophy: Report of a unique case and review of the literature”, in Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, volume 1, number 1, →DOI, page e7Synonyms: undescended testis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
More synonyms by meaning
nounfailure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan criptorquídia
- criptorquídiaThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Chinese Mandarin 隱睪 /隐睾, 隱睪症 /隐睾症
- 隱睪 /隐睾 (yǐngāo)The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
- 隱睪症 /隐睾症 (yǐngāozhèng)The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Finnish piilokiveksisyys, kryptorkia
- piilokiveksisyysThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
- kryptorkiaThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
French cryptorchidie
- cryptorchidieThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Greek κρυψορχία
- κρυψορχία (krypsorchía)The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Hebrew טמירות אשכים, אשך טמיר
- טמירות אשכיםThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
- אשך טמירThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Italian criptorchidismo
- criptorchidismoThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Polish wnętrostwo
- wnętrostwoThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Portuguese criptorquia, criptorquidia
- criptorquiaThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
- criptorquidiaThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Russian крипторхизм
- крипторхизм (kriptorxizm)The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Spanish criptorquidia
- criptorquidiaThe failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
Cite this entry
cryptorchidism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptorchidism
“cryptorchidism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptorchidism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptorchidism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptorchidism.
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