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cryptorchidism
(redirected from undescended testicle)

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cryptorchidism [krip′tȯr·kə‚diz·əm]
(medicine)


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Rodent studies indicate that prenatal exposure to some phthalates can disrupt normal male reproductive tract development, causing effects such as reduced anogenital (anus-to-penis) distance, undescended testicles, and testicular abnormalities affecting function.
Moreover, they say that these pollutants may explain the rising rates of male fertility problems and genital abnormalities such as undescended testicles and malformed penises.
He was a ridgling, meaning he had one undescended testicle.
 
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