Crypt/o- is the medical terminology combining form meaning hidden.
Crypto means to be hidden as in Krypton or 'Cryptosporidium' a water borne bacteria.
The medical terminology combining form crypto- means hidden or secret. It is commonly used in words such as cryptorchidism (undescended testicle) and cryptogenic (of unknown cause).
In medical terminology, it is known as cryptorchidism. In the fetal life, testes are abdominal organs from where they descend to scrotum before birth. The common term is "undescended testicle".
A combining form meaning “hidden,” “secret,” used in the formation of compound words: cryptograph.
Cryptorchidism .
The combining form that means hidden is "crypt-" as in "cryptic" or "cryptology."
"Blood ++", "2+ blood," and "blood 2+" are different ways of indicating that there was a moderate amount of hidden blood in a urine dipstick.
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The hidden meaning for meQUIT is "quit following me."
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An occult neoplasm is a more complicated way of saying a hidden tumour. In medical terminology the adjective occult is used for a symptom or substance which is so small in amount it is practically hidden in general view. An example might be occult blood found in phlem. The blood is just hidden in the phlem because there is such a small amount in there. The word neoplasm needs tumour and comes from the terms neo- meaning 'new' and plasm which is a type of growth, i.e. neoplasms are 'new growths'. The fact that they are occult means that these growths are undetechable and well hidden.
a hidden question is a hidden question
Crypt is a word meaning hidden. Therefore, cryptology is the study of hidden information, encryption means to make hidden, and cryptic is that something's meaning is hidden. Another word is cryptography, which means hidden writing.