| NOUN | body | undescended testicle, undescended testis | a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops |
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| Meaning | A testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops. | |
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| Example | "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer" | |
| Synonym | undescended testis | |
| Part of | cryptorchidy, cryptorchidism, cryptorchism | failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops |
| Broader | testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg | One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens |
| Adjectives | undescended | (of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum |
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