prodehiscence
n. [L. pro, before; dehiscere, to divide]
(ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata)
In Acari, molting in which the splitting of the old
cuticle occurs laterofrontally beside the
frontal protuberance.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology.
A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne.
2005.