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Ectoplasm

Ectoplasm Meaning & Definition
Ectoplasm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ectoplasm?

[n] the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
[n] (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ectoplasm:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ectoplasm: animal cell | aura | bioplast | cell | cellular tissue | cellule | chromatoplasm | coenocyte | corpuscle | cytoplasm | ectoplasy | effluvium | emanation | endoplasm | energid | eucaryotic cell | exteriorized protoplasm | germ cell | plant cell | plasmodium | procaryotic cell | protoplasm | reticulum | somatic cell | syncytium | trophoplasm

See Also | cytoplasm | emanation

Ectoplasm In Webster's Dictionary

\Ec"to*plasm\, n. [Ecto- + Gr. ? form.] (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell. (c) The ectosarc of protozoan.

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