anorchia, n. Path.
(æˈnɔːkɪə)
[f. Gr. ἄνορχος without testicles, f. ἀ(ν)- privative prefix (see an- 10) + ὄρχις testicle: see -ia1. Cf. earlier G. Anorchie, Anorchia.]
= *anorchism n.
| 1890 Billings Med. Dict. I. 73/2 Anorchia, congenital absence of testicles. 1933 Ann. Surg. XCVIII. 107 Perhaps the cases of anorchia represent a..final degree of separation, with resulting atrophy and disappearance of the testis. 1938 Surgery IV. 376 The medical records of the War Department..report only 52 cases of anorchia in the first two million men examined. 1980 Recent Adv. Surg. X. 349 Where unilateral, anorchia requires confirmation by operation. |