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English
Etymology
From tri- + orchid + -ism, equivalent to triorchid + -ism.
Noun
triorchidism (uncountable)
- (medicine) A form of polyorchidism characterized by the presence of three testes.
2013 January, 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:Triorchidism has been the most commonly reported manifestation, with the supernumerary testis or testes most frequently intrascrotal and less than 10% residing intraabdominally ,.
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