English Explanatory Dictionary

hydroxyecdysone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sterol (a ecdysteroid hormone) that controls moulting and metamorphosis of arthropods

Word forms

hydroxyecdysone hydroxyecdysones

Etymology

From hydroxy- + ecdysone.

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