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ecdysiotropic en · ADJ

Etymology

From ecdysis + -tropic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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: