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undescended
adjective
medical specializeduk /ˌʌn.dɪˈsen.dɪd/ us /ˌʌn.dɪˈsen.dɪd/
An undescended testicle(= the round male sex organs that produce sperm) has not yet gone down from inside the body into the scrotum(= the bag of skin below and behind the penis): （睾丸）未降落的，未落下的
When my son was nine he had two operations to bring down his undescended testicles.我儿子九岁的时候做了两次手术，以治疗隱睪症问题。
These chemicals appear to cause malformed penises, undescended testicles and reduced testosterone production in laboratory rats.
If the testicle is still undescended, he should see a paediatric surgeon before he is one year old.
Occasionally, a testicle that seems to be undescended is simply "retractile", ie sometimes it is in the scrotum, sometimes it seems to disappear upwards.
Such disorders include cryptorchism (undescended testes), and congenital abnormalities of the genitourinary tract.
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