Ectoplasm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Biology The outer portion of the continuous phase of cytoplasm of a cell, sometimes distinguishable as a somewhat rigid, gelled layer beneath the cell membrane.
  • n. The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
  • n. An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
  • n. An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
  • n. The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
  • n. The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.
  • n. The ectosarc of protozoan.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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 zoöspore.
  • n. In botany, the outer hyaline layer or film of the protoplasmic mass within a cell.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
  • n. (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance
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    cytol    cytoplasm    emanation   
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