Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as cryptorchism.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
Examples
“Gene expression profiles offer unprecedented insight into the diverse alterations that occur in cryptorchidism.”
“This condition, called cryptorchidism literally “hidden testicle”, is found in about 1 percent of newborn and one-year-old males.”
“I read about hyperadrenocorticism and feminizing testes and something called cryptorchidism, which applied to me.”
“But there is the curious fact that when the descent is not normal and complete, in what is called cryptorchidism, the organs are always sterile.”
“The facts concerning cryptorchidism, that is to say, failure of the descent of the testes in Mammals, seem to show that the hormone of the testis is not derived from semen or spermatogenesis, for in the testes which have remained in the abdomen there is no spermatogenesis, while the interstitial cells are present, and the animals in some cases exhibit normal or even excessive sexual instinct, and all the male characteristics are well marked.”
“These included overall developmental delay, impaired growth, hearing loss, and a congenital defect called cryptorchidism, in which one or both testicles fail to move into the scrotum before birth.”
“That condition, known as cryptorchidism, can also result in fertility problems later in life as a result of poor semen quality, and higher risk of testicular cancer.”
“This condition, called cryptorchidism, is known to be a risk factor for poor semen quality and a greater risk of testicular cancer.”
“Until now, the most established factor associated with testicular cancer is cryptorchidism, which is associated with a 2 - to 4-fold increase in the risk of testicular cancer but accounts for fewer than 10\% of all cases”
“For a moment I was trying to figure out why cryptorchidism would lead to a lower pay rate …”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cryptorchidism’.
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Logolepsy
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wiredweird's Words
cubane, diyne, logit, cnidoblast, fid, witling, probit, nullipara, menstruum, scrotal, carbonium, amitotic and 107 more...
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sick
"Sick" is probably not the right word, but this is where I put diseases, problems and abnormalities until I find a better way to sort them.
atavism, pareidolia, apophenia, echolalia, glossolalia, alogia, dysthymia, euthymia, synesthesia, Stendhal syndrome, cryptomnesia, analgesia and 356 more...
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rememberers
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Middlesex
Gleanings from Jeffrey Eugenides' 2002 book of that title.
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mollusque Nope, applied. Fixed. Sep 8, 2008
bilby Appled? Typo for appealed? Sep 8, 2008
mollusque I learned what varieties we hermaphrodites came in. I read about hyperadrenocorticism and feminizing testes and something called cryptorchidism, which applied to me.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002, Middlesex, p. 494 Aug 16, 2008