nymphosis en · NOUN
Etymology
From nymph + -osis.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The passage from the larval state to the nymph state of an insect.
There are probably similarities between morphology and development with the Sagrinae, but the nymphosis here occurs within the soil.
2012, P. Jolivet, Biology of Chrysomelidae, page 6: