Associations to the word «Ectoplasm»

Wiktionary

ECTOPLASM, noun. (parapsychology) The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
ECTOPLASM, noun. (parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
ECTOPLASM, noun. (cytology) The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.

Dictionary definition

ECTOPLASM, noun. (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance.
ECTOPLASM, noun. The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.

Wise words

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