Etymology
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ecdysis + -tropic
Adjective
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ecdysiotropic (not comparable)
- (biology) That promotes moulting.
2010, Marc J Klowden, Physiological Systems in Insects, page 29:Ovarian ecdysiotropic hormones, a testes ecdysiotropin, and ecdysiostatins produced by neurosecretory cells of the brain modulate ecdysteroid production by these organs.
