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ecdysis

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ec·dy·sis  (kd-ss)
n. pl. ec·dy·ses (-sz)
The shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin, as by insects, crustaceans, and snakes; molting.
[Greek ekdusis, a stripping off, from ekduein, to take off : ek-, out, off; see ecto- + duein, to put on.]
ecdysis
the process of shedding skin or other covering, typical of snakes and some insects. Cf. endysis. — ecdysial, adj.
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Noun1.ecdysisecdysis - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
molt, molting, moult, moulting
shedding, sloughing - the process whereby something is shed


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