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maldescent

maldescent noun: the incomplete descent of the testicles.

Noun

maldescent (uncountable)

  1. The incomplete descent of the testicles.
    • With the male infant it is, no doubt, attributable either to a maldescent of the testes, to phymosis, or to a partial atresia of the urethra.1892 August 13, Thomas H. Manley, “Herniæ, operative and non-operatrive”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 19, page 183
    • The significance of a gliding testes, he suggests, is that these represent the best candidates for hormonal treatment of maldescent.1989, Thomas O. Abney, The Cryptorchid Testis, page 10

Origin of maldescent

From mal- + descent.

Questions about maldescent

What does maldescent mean?
Maldescent means the incomplete descent of the testicles.
What part of speech is maldescent?
Maldescent is a noun.

Words near maldescent in the dictionary

  1. malded
  2. Malden
  3. maldeployment
  4. malder
  5. maldescended
  6. maldescent
  7. maldest
  8. maldeveloped
  9. maldevelopment
  10. maldevelopments
  11. MALDI

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