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Cryptorchidism

Last Updated: September 16, 2010

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Cryptorchidism – a condition in which either one, or both testes do not appear in the scrotum. If one testes is in the scrotum (and the other is retained in elsewhere in the body), the condition is called unilateral cryptorchidism. If neither testes appear in the scrotum, the condition is called bilateral cryptorchidism.

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