undescended

1. 1.

   (of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum

Questions about undescended

What does undescended mean?

undescended means "(of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum".

How many syllables are in undescended?

undescended has 4 syllables and divides as un-de-scen-ded 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.

Is undescended a common word?

undescended 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.