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Preferred Name

Undescended Testes
Definitions
The failure of one or both testes of a male fetus to descend from the abdomen into the scrotum during the late part of pregnancy. If not surgically corrected in early childhood, males may be at increased risk for testicular cancer later in life.
Synonyms
Undescended Testis
Undescended testis
Undescended Testes
Undescended Testicle
Cryptorchidism
cryptorchidism
undescended testicles
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

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label
Undescended Testes
Maps_To
Undescended Testis
Undescended testis
Legacy Concept Name
Undescended_Testis
Is_Value_For_GDC_Property
Preferred_Name
Undescended Testes
Semantic_Type
Disease or Syndrome
Congenital Abnormality
prefixIRI
Thesaurus:C12326
DEFINITION
The failure of one or both testes of a male fetus to descend from the abdomen into the scrotum during the late part of pregnancy. If not surgically corrected in early childhood, males may be at increased risk for testicular cancer later in life.
UMLS_CUI
C3552639
code
C12326
subClassOf
type
FULL_SYN
Undescended Testis
Undescended testis
Undescended Testes
Undescended Testicle
Cryptorchidism
cryptorchidism
undescended testicles
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ALT_DEFINITION
A condition in which one or both testicles fail to move from the abdomen, where they develop before birth, into the scrotum. Undescended testicles may increase the risk for development of testicular cancer.
The persistent failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
Contributing_Source
GDC
NICHD
Concept_In_Subset
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