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maldescent en · NOUN

Etymology

From mal- + descent.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The incomplete descent of the testicles.
    • Atresia of the ductal system, particularly of epididymis and vas deferens is a common association of testicular maldescent. 2013, Kamini Rao, Principles & Practice of Assisted Reproductive Technology:
    • With the male infant it is, no doubt, attributable either to a maldescent of the testes, to phymosis, or to a partial atresia of the urethra. 1892 August 13, Thomas H. Manley, “Herniæ, operative and non-operatrive”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 19, page 183:
    • The significance of a gliding testes, he suggests, is that these represent the best candidates for hormonal treatment of maldescent. 1989, Thomas O. Abney, The Cryptorchid Testis, page 10:

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