ecdysteroid

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.
    — The ecdysteroid group includes more than 250 polyhydroxysterols that occur in plants and animals, with 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-OH-E) being the physiologically active moulting hormone in most insects (Lafont 2000).

词形变化

ecdysteroids plural

词源

From ecdysis (“shedding, moulting”) (from Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”)) + steroid.
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