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ectoplasm
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ectoplasm \Ec"to*plasm\, n. [Ecto- + Gr. ? form.] (Biol.)
The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.
The ectosarc of protozoan.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1883, of amoebas, "exterior protoplasm of a cell;" 1901 of spirits, from ecto- + -plasm. Related: Ectoplasmic.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context parapsychology English) The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead. 2 (context parapsychology English) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost. 3 (context cytology English) The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
WordNet
n. (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance
the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
Wikipedia
Ectoplasm may refer to:
- Ectoplasm (cell biology), the outer part of the cytoplasm
- Ectoplasm (paranormal), supposed physical substance that manifests as a result of energy
- Ectoplasm (radio show), BBC Radio 4 comedy series
- Ectoplasm, the outer layer of soft tissue in foraminiferans
Ectoplasm (from the Greek ektos, meaning "outside", and plasma, meaning "something formed or molded") is a term coined by Charles Richet to denote a substance or spiritual energy "exteriorized" by physical mediums. Ectoplasm is said to be associated with the formation of spirits. Ectoplasm is considered to be a hoax, made from cheesecloth, gauze or other natural substances.
Ectoplasm was a 2000 BBC Radio 4 comedy series written by and starring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero. Unlike the other radio work of Freedman and Romero, this series features single, coherent stories in each episode; certain motifs do, however, appear in all of the tales, e.g. Theremin's murder attempts.
Ectoplasm (also exoplasm) (from the ancient Greek word ἐκτός - èktòs: outside and πλάσμα - plasma: literally that which has form) refers to the outer, non- granulated part of a cell's cytoplasm. This is opposed to the endoplasm which is the inner layer of the cytoplasm, and often is granulated. It is clear, and protects as well as transports things within the cell. Moreover, large numbers of actin filaments frequently occur in the ectoplasm, to form an elastic support for the cell membrane.
Usage examples of "ectoplasm".
Gentle Reader, The Word will leap on you with leopard man iron claws, it will cut off fingers and toes like an opportunist land crab, it will hang you and catch your jissom like a scrutable dog, it will coil round your thighs like a bushmaster and inject a shot glass of rancid ectoplasm.
He felt himself lifted bodily into the air, and then an excruciating, crunching pain in his arm as the ectoplasm tore free.
Year after year, decade after decade, the ectoplasm has grown weaker and weaker, and more and more desperate.
Tall, skeletal, wreathed in glimmering rags, the ectoplasm emerged from the tunnel mouth.
Fitz staggered into the crypt after the ectoplasm, looking confused and dishevelled.
The ectoplasm dispersed, its shining radiance flickering around the confines of the tomb like lightning.
But right now, that ectoplasm is the only thing that can stop the monster.
Leaves and twigs whirled around them in a storm of debris, trailing silken threads of ectoplasm, winding an intricate grey web in the air.
It was like a glass flower opening, and Haze knew it was the alien, the psychic energy and the ectoplasm as they truly were in their own universe, combined, immense, beautiful, grateful.
The Doctor had to link up with the ectoplasm first, though, because it was too weak to do it on its own.
He had the bottle and the glasses ready when the tall, fragile young man seeped in through the doorway of his day cabin, looking like a wisp of ectoplasm decked out in Survey Service uniform.
Colorless goo, the ectoplasm of magically created mass, spattered out between the crushed plates and hide and down into the car.
Both of us were coated in dust that was stuck to the stinking, colorless goo, the ectoplasm that magic called from somewhere else whenever generic mass was called for in a spell.
Catherine started producing ectoplasm during a contact with the ten-year-old daughter of a well-to-do furniture-store owner.
Zebulon leapt out of his chair, turning over the table, and the ectoplasm disappeared.