Undescended Testes

**Semantic type:** Congenital Abnormality|Disease or Syndrome

**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.

**Synonyms:** - Cryptorchidism - Cryptorchidism - Undescended Testicle - Undescended Testis - Undescended Testis - Undescended Testis - Undescended testis - cryptorchidism - undescended testicles