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cryptorchis

cryptorchis noun: synonym of cryptorchid.

Noun

cryptorchis (countable and uncountable, plural cryptorchides)

  1. (countable) Synonym of cryptorchid.
    • The absence of the tunica vaginalis in monorchides and cryptorchides, except when the dislocation is owing to retraction, and the bearing of this fact upon the anatomy of hernia […]1859, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 361
    • These persons are called monorchides, testicondi, cryptorchides. […] If an opportunity occurs to make an autopsy upon a cryptorchis, the retained testis will not be found in its original anatomical place […]1873, Alfred Vogel, A Practical treatise on the diseases of children
    Synonyms:
    cryptorchid
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of cryptorchidism.
    Synonyms:
    cryptorchidism

Synonyms of cryptorchis

Forms of cryptorchis

pluralcryptorchides

Questions about cryptorchis

What does cryptorchis mean?
Cryptorchis means synonym of cryptorchid.
What part of speech is cryptorchis?
Cryptorchis is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptorchis?
The plural of cryptorchis is cryptorchides.

Words near cryptorchis in the dictionary

  1. cryptorchides
  2. cryptorchidic
  3. cryptorchidism
  4. cryptorchidisms
  5. cryptorchids
  6. cryptorchis
  7. cryptorchism
  8. cryptorchisms
  9. cryptorheic
  10. cryptorheism
  11. cryptorhynchine

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