crypto-, crypt-

1. Having existence in a concealed form.
2. Having no apparent causative agent; said of an infection in which the infecting organism has concealed itself.

1. A condition characterized by the swelling of the lower parts of the legs and dorsa of the feet so as to cover all but the soles of the feet. The dorsa (plural of dorsum) refers to the back or posterior areas of some parts of the anatomy.
2. A swelling of the lower part of the leg and the foot, in such a manner that there is great distortion and the sole seems to be a flattened pad.

In medicine, a swelling of the lower part of the leg and the foot, in such a manner that there is great distortion and the sole seems to be a flattened pad.

Having hidden or obscure pores.

In ancient architecture, a concealed or enclosed portico; an enclosed gallery having, at the side, walls with openings instead of columns; also a covered or subterranean passage.

A feather filament, developed from papilla (a conical dermal structure on birds, the beginning of a feather).

A condition in which there is an undescended testicle or testicles.

A developmental condition affecting male humans or animals in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum.

Surgical removal, or correction, of undescended testicles.

Surgical treatment of an undescended testicle by freeing it and implanting it into the scrotum.

1. Condition of having an undescended testicle or testicles.
2. Failure of one or both of the testes to descend.

Secreting internally; endocrine.

This nomenclature (“hidden lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Cryptodraco; meaning “hidden dragon” from Late Jurassic Cambridgeshire, England. Named by Harry Govier Seeley in 1869.

The desire to secretly look through windows of homes as one passes by.