undescended testicle

1. 1.

   a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops

   “undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer”

   Synonymsundescended testis

   Broadertestis

   Part ofcryptorchidy

Questions about undescended testicle

What does undescended testicle mean?

undescended testicle means "a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops".

What is another word for undescended testicle?

Close synonyms include undescended testis. 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 undescended testicle a common word?

undescended testicle 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.