English Explanatory Dictionary

dehydroecdysone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several isomeric steroids; 3-dehydroecdysone plays a role in insect hormone biosynthesis

Word forms

dehydroecdysone dehydroecdysones

Etymology

From dehydro- + ecdysone.

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