Ectoplasm

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  • noun. The outer portion of the continuous phase of cytoplasm of a cell, sometimes distinguishable as a somewhat rigid, gelled layer beneath the cell membrane.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
  • noun. The substance believed to be the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In zoology, the exterior protoplasm or sarcode of a cell; the ectosarc: applied to the denser exterior substance of infusorians and other unicellular organisms, or of a free protoplasmic body, as a zoƶspore.
  • noun. In botany, the outer hyaline layer or film of the protoplasmic mass within a cell.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
  • noun. The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.
  • noun. The ectosarc of protozoan.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
  • noun. An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
  • noun. The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
  • noun. (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance
  • Word Usage
    "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Oliver Lodge, Dr. Schrenk-Notzing, Charles Richet (who coined the word ectoplasm) plus numerous other investigators worldwide spent extensive time and money analyzing the exploits of many channellers and mediums."
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