ecdysis

[ ek-duh-sis ]

/ ˈɛk də sɪs /

the shedding or casting off of an outer coat or integument by snakes, crustaceans, etc.

Origin of ecdysis

1850–55; < New Latin < Greek ékdysis a getting out, equivalent to ek- ec- + dý(ein) to enter + -sis -sis

ec·dys·i·al

[ek-diz-ee-uh l, -dizh-, -dizh-uh l] /ɛkˈdɪz i əl, -ˈdɪʒ-, -ˈdɪʒ əl/, adjective

eccrisis, eccritic, eccyesis, ecdemic, ecdysiast, ecdysis, ecdysone, ecesis, ecevit, ecf, ecf-a

The first ecdysis occurs after five days, and with this there appears quite suddenly a very complicated pattern.

Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2) |August Weismann
Four days later, after the fourth ecdysis, the dimorphism becomes a polymorphism.

Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2) |August Weismann
At the third ecdysis several new features appear in the cephalic region, which becomes more prominent in the succeeding stages.

The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4) |Francis Maitland Balfour
Both larv were active, but the moulting one had now completed its ecdysis.

Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold

Ecdysis, ek′di-sis, n. the act of casting off an integument, as in serpents.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various

ecdysis

/ (ˈɛkdɪsɪs) /

the periodic shedding of the cuticle in insects and other arthropods or the outer epidermal layer in reptiles See also ecdysone

ecdysial, adjective

C19: New Latin, from Greek ekdusis, from ekduein to strip, from ek- ex- 1 + duein to put on