ecdysis

ecdysis
Desquamation, sloughing, or molting as a necessary phenomenon to permit growth in arthropods and skin renewal in amphibians and reptiles. [G. ekdysis, shedding]

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ec·dy·sis 'ek-də-səs n, pl ec·dy·ses -də-.sēz the act of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer (as in insects and crustaceans)
ec·dys·ial ek-'diz-ē-əl, -'dizh-(ē-)əl adj

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n.
the act of shedding skin; desquamation.

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ec·dy·sis (ekґdĭ-sis) [Gr. ekdysis a getting out] desquamation or sloughing; especially the shedding of an outer covering and the development of a new one such as occurs in certain arthropods, crustaceans, lizards, and snakes. Called also molting.

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