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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 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RA radiography RI radionuclide imaging
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
US ultrasonography UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   3473 
Unique Identifier:   D003456 

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