triorchidism

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English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ orchid +‎ -ism, equivalent to triorchid +‎ -ism.

Noun

triorchidism (uncountable)

  1. (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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