orchiopexy

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin orchis + -pexy, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”) +‎ πῆξις (pêxis, “fixing”).

Noun[edit]

orchiopexy (plural orchiopexies)

  1. (surgery) A procedure for fixation of a testis, often to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and keep it there.
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