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ecdysiotropic

ecdysiotropic adjective: that promotes moulting.

Adjective

ecdysiotropic (not comparable)

  1. That promotes moulting.
    • Ovarian ecdysiotropic hormones, a testes ecdysiotropin, and ecdysiostatins produced by neurosecretory cells of the brain modulate ecdysteroid production by these organs.2010, Marc J Klowden, Physiological Systems in Insects, page 29

Origin of ecdysiotropic

From ecdysis + -tropic.

Questions about ecdysiotropic

What does ecdysiotropic mean?
Ecdysiotropic means that promotes moulting.
What part of speech is ecdysiotropic?
Ecdysiotropic is an adjective.

Words near ecdysiotropic in the dictionary

  1. ecdysiasm
  2. ecdysiast
  3. ecdysiasts
  4. ecdysing
  5. ecdysiophilia
  6. ecdysiotropic
  7. ecdysis
  8. ecdysises
  9. ecdysoid
  10. ecdysoids
  11. ecdyson

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