单词 | teleplasm |
释义 | teleplasmn. 1. Medicine. A neoplasm, esp. one believed to result from cells having embryonic characteristics. rare. ΚΠ 1911 E. T. Collins & M. S. Mayou Pathol. & Bacteriol. Eye ii. 105 By a teleplasm is meant a growth formed by a tissue which has reassumed some of its embryonic characteristics. 1941 G. A. MacElree Man. Ocular Pathol. for Optometrists (ed. 4) i. 8 Teleplasms, metastatic growths and cysts may appear anywhere in the ocular area. 2. A supposed paranormal phenomenon consisting of a viscous substance which emanates from a spiritualist medium and often develops whole or partial human form; ectoplasm. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > ectoplasm or object formed by ectoplasma1901 ideoplasm1910 teleplasm1914 pseudopod1920 1914 Washington Post 15 Mar. 13/3 The teleplasm is the created, condensed, and visible psychic fluidum. 1927 Daily Express 28 Sept. 9 Teleplasm..was shown issuing from the face of the tranced woman. 1978 F. Smyth & R. Stemman Mysteries of Afterlife 225 (caption) The teleplasm..is compared with a control sample of ordinary paper. 2007 D. Wellington 13 Bullets xvi. 16 She was shut inside with the skins, the teleplasm, whatever that was, and she wanted to scream for help. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1911 |
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