'Ectoplasm' definitions:
Definition of 'ectoplasm'
(from WordNet)
noun
(spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance
noun
The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
Definition of 'Ectoplasm'
From: GCIDE
- Ectoplasm \Ec"to*plasm\, n. [Ecto- + Gr. ? form.] (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell. (c) The ectosarc of protozoan. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ectoplasm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal cell,
- aura,
- bioplast,
- cell,
- cellular tissue,
- cellule,
- chromatoplasm,
- coenocyte,
- corpuscle,
- cytoplasm,
- ectoplasy,
- effluvium,
- emanation,
- endoplasm,
- energid,
- eucaryotic cell,
- exteriorized protoplasm,
- germ cell,
- plant cell,
- plasmodium,
- procaryotic cell,
- protoplasm,
- reticulum,
- somatic cell,
- syncytium,
- trophoplasm