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单词 monorchid
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Definition of monorchid in English:

monorchid

adjective mɒˈnɔːkɪdmäˈnôrkəd
  • (of a person or animal) having only one testicle.

noun mɒˈnɔːkɪdmäˈnôrkəd
  • A person or animal having only one testicle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sexual imperfection was to be found in other conditions as well, such as in eunuchs and monorchids.
    • When they finally released the results of the autopsy, it was revealed that the ribald words of the march ‘Colonel Bogey’ had been correct: he was monorchid.

Derivatives

  • monorchidism

  • noun
    • Psychiatrists have diagnosed him after his death as a ‘borderline personality ‘with strong paranoid tendencies intensified by monorchidism.’

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin monorchis, monorchid-, from Greek monos 'single' + orkhis 'testicle'.

 
 

Definition of monorchid in US English:

monorchid

adjectivemäˈnôrkəd
  • (of a person or animal) having only one testicle.

nounmäˈnôrkəd
  • A person or animal having only one testicle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sexual imperfection was to be found in other conditions as well, such as in eunuchs and monorchids.
    • When they finally released the results of the autopsy, it was revealed that the ribald words of the march ‘Colonel Bogey’ had been correct: he was monorchid.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin monorchis, monorchid-, from Greek monos ‘single’ + orkhis ‘testicle’.

 
 
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