Svensk definition
En utvecklingsdefekt med utebliven förflyttning av testiklarna till pungen.
Cryptorchidism
Kryptorkism
Engelsk definition
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.
Svenska synonymer
Retentio testis — Testisretention — Unilateral kryptorkism — Abdominell kryptorkism — Bilateral kryptorkism
Engelska synonymer
Undescended Testis — Testis, Undescended — Cryptorchidism, Unilateral Or Bilateral — Cryptorchism — Testes, Undescended — Undescended Testes — Inguinal Cryptorchidism — Cryptorchidism, Inguinal — Bilateral Cryptorchidism — Cryptorchidism, Bilateral — Abdominal Cryptorchidism — Cryptorchidism, Abdominal — Unilateral Cryptorchidism — Cryptorchidism, Unilateral