monorchid

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monorchid

(ˈmɒnɔːkɪd)

adj

(Veterinary Science) having only one testicle

(Medicine) an animal or person with only one testicle

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mo•nor•chid

(məˈnɔr kɪd) Pathol. adj.

1. having or appearing to have only one testis.

2. a monorchid individual.

[1820-30; < New Latin, equiv. to mon- + orchid- (< Greek orchid-; see orchid)]

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(18) reported that the volume of the contralateral descended testis was not a reliable criterion for differentiating an absent testis from an intra-abdominal testis in a boy with a unilateral impalpable testis, since in their cohort of 109 children, 80% of monorchid patients (47% of all cohort) had a contralateral testicular size smaller than 2 cm.

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Many people mistakenly refer to unilateral cryptorchidism (which is more common) as being monorchid, which is incorrect.

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Equine castration: review of anatomy, approaches, techniques and complications in normal, cryptorchid and monorchid horses.