Ectoplasm

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ectoplasm
       n 1: (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body
            of the medium during a trance
       2: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "ectoplasm":
     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