单词 | ectoplasm |
释义 | ectoplasm/ˈɛktə(ʊ)plaz(ə)m /noun [mass noun] 1 Biology, dated The more viscous, clear outer layer of the cytoplasm in amoeboid cells. Compare with endoplasm.Like other radiolarians, the cytoplasm of Polycystinea is divided into ectoplasm and endoplasm by a perforated protein capsule - not the nuclear membrane, but a novel structure unique to this group....
2A supernatural viscous substance that supposedly exudes from the body of a medium during a spiritualistic trance and forms the material for the manifestation of spirits.This entity was supposed to be a manifestation or thought-form akin to the ectoplasm that is generated by mediums while in a trance state....
Derivativesectoplasmic
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