Definition of Ecdisis
||Ec"dy*sis (?), n.; pl.
Ecdyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kdysis a
getting out, fr. 'ekdy`ein, to put off; 'ek out
+ dy`ein to enter.] (Biol.) The act of
shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of
serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the
pupa from its shell; exuviation.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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