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Descriptor English:   Cryptorchidism 
Descriptor Spanish:   Criptorquidismo 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Criptorquidismo 
Synonyms English:   Testis, Undescended  
Tree Number:   C12.294.829.258
C12.706.258
C16.131.939.258
C19.391.829.258
Definition English:   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. 
History Note English:   95; was CRYPTORCHISM 1963-94 
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Record Number:   3473 
Unique Identifier:   D003456 

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