orchiopexy

English

Alternative forms

• orchidopexy

Etymology

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

Noun

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.