criptorquidia

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See also: criptorquídia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɾip.toʁ.kiˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/ , /ˌkɾi.pi.toʁ.kiˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌkɾip.toɾ.kiˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/, /ˌkɾi.pi.toɾ.kiˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌkɾip.toʁ.kiˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/ , /ˌkɾi.pi.toʁ.kiˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɾip.toɻ.kiˈd͡ʒi.a/

  • Hyphenation: crip‧tor‧qui‧di‧a

Noun

criptorquidia f (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) cryptorchidism (the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum)
    Synonym: criptorquia

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, hidden), ὄρχιδος (órkhidos, testicle) and +‎ -ia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾibtoɾˈkidja/
  • Rhymes: -idja
  • Syllabification: crip‧tor‧qui‧dia

Noun

criptorquidia f (plural criptorquidias)

  1. (medicine) cryptorchidism

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ criptorquidia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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