Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecdysiotropic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ecdy-s-iotrop-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That promotes moulting.

Example Sentences

"Ovarian ecdysiotropic hormones, a testes ecdysiotropin, and ecdysiostatins produced by neurosecretory cells of the brain modulate ecdysteroid production by these organs."

Etymology

From ecdysis + -tropic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ecdysis

Questions

What does ecdysiotropic mean?: That promotes moulting.
Where does ecdysiotropic come from?: From ecdysis + -tropic.

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