cryptorchidy

Questions about cryptorchidy

What does cryptorchidy mean?

cryptorchidy means "failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops".

How many syllables are in cryptorchidy?

cryptorchidy has 4 syllables and divides as cryp-tor-chi-dy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cryptorchidy?

Close synonyms include cryptorchidism, cryptorchism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cryptorchidy a common word?

cryptorchidy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.