Ecdysis

Ecdysis is the molting of the cuticula in arthropods and related groups (Ecdysozoa). Since the cuticula of these animals is also the skeletal support of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new covering of larger dimensions is formed. In preparation for ecdysis the arthropod will become inactive for a period of time, and then by crawling movements pushes forward in the old integument, which splits down the back allowing the animal to emerge. During the resting period preparation is made by the secretion of fluid from the molting glands of the cellular layer and the loosening of the underpart of the cuticula. Following the shedding of the old cuticula, a new layer is secreted during a second period of inactivity. All cuticular structures are shed at ecdysis, including the terminal linings of the alimentary tract and of the tracheae if they are present.

The molting of reptiles is sometimes called ecdysis.

Related to the word ecdysis is ecdysiast, a euphemism for a striptease dancer.

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Modern Translations: Ecdysis

Language		Translations for "ecdysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		vervelling (desquamation, moult, peeling). (various references)

French		mue. (various references)

German		Häutung (moult, skinning). (various references)

Greek		πτερόρροια (moult), αλλαγή κεράτων (moult), αλλαγή πτερών (moult), αλλαγή τριχών (moult), αλλαγή δέρματος (moult). (various references)

Italian		muta (cyst, molting, moult, moulting, pack, shedding, wet suit). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecdysisay.(various references)

Portuguese		muda (doffing, moult, relay, slip). (various references)

Spanish		muda (change, change of clothing, Molt, moult, moulting, shedding). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Ecdysis

Rhyming with "Ecdysis"

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Anagrams: Ecdysis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-s-s-y"
	-1 letter: cyesis.
	-2 letters: cedis, cissy, dices, dicey, discs, sices, sides, syces.
	-3 letters: cedi, cess, deys, dice, dies, disc, diss, dyes, iced, ices, ides, secs, seis, sice, sics, side, syce, yids.
	-4 letters: cis, dey, die, dis, dye, eds, ess, ice, icy, ids, sec, sei, sic, sis, yes, yid.
	-5 letters: de, ed, es, id, is, si, ye.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-s-s-y"
	+2 letters: dyslexics, ecdysiast.
	+3 letters: cystitides, declassify, dyspeptics, ecdysiasts, glycosides, syndicates.
	+4 letters: caryopsides, chrysalides, corydalises, dictyosomes, discourtesy, endocytosis, glycosidase, syncretised.
	+5 letters: chrysomelids, countrysides, crystallised, dictyosteles, discursively, dissymmetric, dysphemistic, glycosidases, pseudocyesis, psychedelias, psychedelics, synchronised, syndactylies.
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