ALL meanings of ectoplasm
ec·to·plasm
E e - noun ectoplasm spiritualism 1
- noun ectoplasm Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Compare endoplasm. 1
- noun ectoplasm Spiritualism. the supposed emanation from the body of a medium. 1
- noun ectoplasm The more viscous, clear outer layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells. 1
- noun ectoplasm (parapsychology) The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead. 0
- noun ectoplasm (parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost. 0
- noun ectoplasm (cytology) The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm. 0
- noun ectoplasm the outer layer of cytoplasm in some cells, esp protozoa, which differs from the inner cytoplasm in being a clear gel 0
- noun ectoplasm the substance supposedly emanating from the body of a medium during trances 0
- noun ectoplasm the outer layer of the cytoplasm of a cell 0
- noun ectoplasm the luminous, vaporous substance believed by spiritualists to emanate from a medium in a trance 0