It's from "ecdysis," a word for the process of shedding one's own skin, snake-style. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Death is caused by incomplete ecdysis and cuticle malformation. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
A less common word for the process is ecdysis (ek'dih-sis; "get out" G). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
During pre-adult life, the exoskeleton is therefore renewed a number of times by the process of moulting or ecdysis. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
It might be a good idea to relate strip-teasing in some way to the...zoological phenomenon of molting,...which is ecdysis. From Wordnik.com. [Georgia Sothern, H.L.Mencken, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Ecdysiasm] Reference
It inhibits ecdysis and ultimately, apolysis, the first stage in the moulting process in which separation of the old cuticle from the underlying epidermal cells takes place. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Exuviae, according to the Visual Thesaurus, means "cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis.". From Wordnik.com. [Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition] Reference
Hikari claims that the food offers the necessary mineral profile for proper ecdysis (shedding) and contains copper, which is necessary for blood regeneration. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)] Reference
The ecdysis behavioral program is a critical developmental period that is dependent upon appropriate water and nutrient balance, and likewise, elevated cardiac activity is a hallmark response to a variety of physiological stresses in a variety of organisms as is a circadian regulation of stress hormones. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
A skin of some dimension was cast in the 16th century, and another towards the end of the 18th, while, within the last fifty years, the extraordinary growth of every department of physical science has spread among us mental food of so nutritious and stimulating a character that a new ecdysis seems imminent. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
While it is difficult to forsee all details of that herculean effort, certain areas of pressing interest appear to include trans-Caucasian awareness, semiotic/communicative influences on ungendered species, and resolution of those conflicts inherent in teneral ecdysis. more » they. dont.care. said: they don't care ... more » scary said: this is scary. what if i was on my way to get a a 'doba burrito and this punk wanted money and held me up? stay safe kids, EL is scary. From Wordnik.com. [State News Top Stories] Reference
18th, while, within the last fifty years, the extraordinary growth of every department of physical science has spread among us mental food of so nutritious and stimulating a character that a new ecdysis seems imminent. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
A new ecdysis seems imminent. From Wordnik.com. [On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals] Reference
A womyn's ecdysis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
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