cryptorchid

noun crypt·or·chid \krip-ˈtȯr-kəd\

Definition of CRYPTORCHID

: one affected with cryptorchidism

— cryptorchid adjective

New Latin cryptorchid-, cryptorchis, from crypt- + orchid-, orchis testicle, from Greek orchis — more at orchis

First Known Use: 1874

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