Cryptorchidism Cryptorchidism Cryptorchidism is the absence of one or both testes from the scrotum. The word is from the Greek κρυπτός, "kryptos", meaning hidden, and ὄρχις, "orchis", meaning testicle. It is the most common birth defect of the male genital tract. About 3% of full-term and 30% of premature infant boys are born with at least one undescended testis. However, about 80% of cryptorchid testes descend by the first year of life (the majority within three months), making the true incidence of cryptorchidism around 1% overall. Cryptorchidism may develop after infancy, sometimes as late as young adulthood, but that is exceptional.
The Human Condition (Magritte) to the Fields" (1936), its 1964 reincarnation "Evening Falls" and the 1942 work "The Domain of Arnheim", all of which feature broken windows whose shattered glass pieces on the floor still show the outside world they used to conceal. Another series of pieces which show both strong similarities and strong differences from "The Human Condition" are the works titled "The Alarm Clock". In these works, a painting is placed on an easel in front of a window or on a balcony with a simple landscape in the background. However, the painting does not show what may possibly be behind, but