Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecdysteroid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ecdys-teroid
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.

Example Sentences

"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)."
"In some dipteran species, ecdysteroids synthesis starts at almost the same time as the onset of vitellogenin synthesis, whereas in other species like orthopterans the synthesis starts only towards the end of vitellogenin uptake."
"Ecdysteroids in crustaceans differ substantially from those of their fellow arthropods, the insects. Crustacean ecdysteroids and ecdysteroid nuclear receptors are similar to those of insects, but differ in the number of hormones and in the number and structure of the receptor isoforms."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἔκδυσις

Inflected Forms

ecdysteroids (plural)

Derived Forms

ecdysteroidal phytoecdysteroid

Frequently Paired Words

ecdysone

Questions

What does ecdysteroid mean?: Any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.
Where does ecdysteroid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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