Ecdysone Definition

ĕkdə-sōn
noun
A hormone produced in the prothoracic glands of insects or in similar glands in crustaceans, for stimulating growth and the molting of the exoskeleton.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ecdysone

Noun

Singular:
ecdysone
Plural:
ecdysones

Origin of Ecdysone

  • ecdys(is) (horm)one

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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EECECD

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