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triorchism en · NOUN

Etymology

From tri- + orch(id) + -ism, equivalent to triorch(id) + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition of having three testicles.
    • Our patient seemed to have had triorchism, with a Leung type D supernumerary testis on the left side. 2013 January 14, Chloe B. Wilcox, Rachel D'Cruz, Andrew J.A. Holland, “Polyorchism in association with an undescended testis and testicular atrophy: Report of a unique case and review of the literature”, in Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, volume 1, number 1, →DOI, page e7:

Relateds

triorchid · polyorchism · monorchism · cryptorchism

Synonyms

triorchidism