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Abstract
A developmental defect in which a TESTIS or both TESTES failed to descend from high in the ABDOMEN to the bottom of the SCROTUM. Testicular descent is essential to normal SPERMATOGENESIS which requires temperature lower than the BODY TEMPERATURE. Cryptorchidism can be subclassified by the location of the maldescended testis.
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- Cryptorchidism, Unilateral Or Bilateral
- Cryptorchism
- Testes, Undescended
- Testis, Undescended
- Undescended Testis
- Undescended Testes
- Abdominal Cryptorchidism
- Bilateral Cryptorchidism
- Inguinal Cryptorchidism
- Unilateral Cryptorchidism
- Cryptorchidism, Abdominal
- Cryptorchidism, Bilateral
- Cryptorchidism, Inguinal
- Cryptorchidism, Unilateral
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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95; was CRYPTORCHISM 1963-94
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cryptorchidism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003456. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003456
- Cryptorchidism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptorchidism
- Cryptorchidism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966052