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Ecdysis vs Apolysis - What's the difference?

ecdysis | apolysis |

As nouns the difference between ecdysis and apolysis

is that ecdysis is the shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting while apolysis is the separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups.

ecdysis

English

Noun

(ecdyses)
  • The shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting
  • The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.

    • Related terms

    * ecdysiast * ecdysone

    apolysis

    English

    (wikipedia apolysis)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) The separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups.