Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Testículos no descendidos
Undescended testicles
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. Also called cryptorchidism.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.