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UNDESCENDED TESTICLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops

Example:

undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer

Synonyms:

undescended testicle; undescended testis

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("undescended testicle" is a kind of...):

ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)

Holonyms ("undescended testicle" is a part of...):

cryptorchidism; cryptorchidy; cryptorchism (failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)

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