- 1. ecdysis
- [casting off feathers, hair, or cuticle; a process of sloughing or desquamation, especially the shedding of an outer covering and the development of a new one; this phenomenon permits growth in arthropods, skin renewal in amphibians and reptiles, and the shedding of winter coats in birds and mammals. ( CSP )] (UMLS (CSP) C0282576) =Organism Function ;
=growth/development;
| - 2. ecdysone
- [steroid hormone that regulates the processes of molting or ecdysis in insects. ( CSP )] (UMLS (CSP) C0013494) =Steroid; Hormone =invertebrate hormone;
steroid hormone |
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