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Cryptorchidism is a medical condition wherein the testicles are undescended. Undescended testicles are testicles that don't move lower into the scrotum.

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What is the medical term meaning testicle?

Anorchism is absence of the testicles. Cryptorchidism means undescended (but present) testicles.Cryptorchism


What is the medical term for surgical fixation of testicle?

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Failure of the testicles to descend into the scrotum is called what?

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What is the medical term meaning tube that carries urine from the bladder and sperm from the testicles?

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