aberratio testis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin aberratio (aberration) + testis (witness).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /æb.ɜˈɹeɪ.ʃi.oʊ ˈtɜs.tɪs/

Noun[edit]

aberratio testis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A testis that is descending to a wrong position after born, or not descending at all (cryptorchidism).

References[edit]

  • Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 6