ecdysis

Pronunciation key ( ek′di-sis )

ec•dy•sis

n.

[Mod. L.; Gr. ekdysis a getting out; stripping < ekdyein to strip off; ek-, out of + dyein, to enter].

In zoology, the shedding of an external skin layer or integument, as by snakes, insects, crustaceans, et cetera.

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955