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MeSH Heading: Cryptorchidism
Tree Number(s): C12.100.500.829.258; C12.200.294.829.258; C12.200.706.258; C12.800.258; C16.131.939.258; C19.391.829.258
Unique ID: D003456
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003456
Scope Note: A developmental defect in which a TESTIS or both TESTES failed to descend from high in the ABDOMEN to the bottom of the SCROTUM. Testicular descent is essential to normal SPERMATOGENESIS which requires temperature lower than the BODY TEMPERATURE. Cryptorchidism can be subclassified by the location of the maldescended testis.
Entry Term(s): Abdominal Cryptorchidism; Bilateral Cryptorchidism; Cryptorchidism, Unilateral Or Bilateral; Cryptorchism; Inguinal Cryptorchidism; Testes, Undescended; Testis, Undescended; Undescended Testis; Unilateral Cryptorchidism
NLM Classification #: WJ 840
See Also: Gubernaculum
Public MeSH Note: 95; was CRYPTORCHISM 1963-94
Online Note: 95; use CRYPTORCHIDISM to search CRYPTORCHISM 1966-94
History Note: 95; was CRYPTORCHISM 1963-94
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

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diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

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enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0005384
Scope Note: A developmental defect in which a TESTIS or both TESTES failed to descend from high in the ABDOMEN to the bottom of the SCROTUM. Testicular descent is essential to normal SPERMATOGENESIS which requires temperature lower than the BODY TEMPERATURE. Cryptorchidism can be subclassified by the location of the maldescended testis.
Terms: Cryptorchidism Preferred Term
Term UI T010046
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Cryptorchism
Term UI T010043
Date12/13/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Testes, Undescended
Term UI T010044
Date05/26/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Testis, Undescended
Term UI T010045
Date04/26/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Cryptorchidism, Unilateral Or Bilateral
Term UI T811477
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013); Undescended Testis
Term UI T811478
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

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