orchiopexy

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noun

A procedure for fixation of a testis, often to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and keep it there.

OriginLatin orchis →
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Meanings

nounorchiopexy (plural orchiopexies)

plural orchiopexies · alternative orchidopexy

  1. medicineA procedure for fixation of a testis, often to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and keep it there.

Origin

  1. Latinorchis
  2. Englishorchiopexy

Learned borrowing from Latin orchis + -pexy, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”) + πῆξις (pêxis, “fixing”).

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APA

orchiopexy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orchiopexy

MLA

“orchiopexy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orchiopexy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orchiopexy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orchiopexy.

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