cryptorchid

noun

crypt·​or·​chid krip-ˈtȯr-kəd 

: one affected with cryptorchidism

cryptorchid adjective

Examples of cryptorchid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Neuter procedures will not be performed on cryptorchid dogs – a condition in which one or both testicles have fail to descend. —Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from the stem of New Latin cryptorchides, plural of cryptorchis (attested later) "having undescended testicles, a person with such a condition," from crypt- crypt- + -orchis, in monorchis monorchid

Note: As with monorchid, the stem of Greek órchis "testicle" was erroneously taken to be orchid-; cf. Greek krýpsorchis "undescended testicles," used by galen.

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

cryptorchid

1 of 2 adjective

crypt·​or·​chid krip-ˈtȯr-kəd 

: affected with cryptorchidism compare monorchid

cryptorchid

2 of 2 noun

: a cryptorchid individual