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Ectoplasm

ectoplasm

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ec·to·plasm / ˈektəˌplazəm/ • n. 1. Biol. the more viscous, clear outer layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells. Compare with endoplasm. 2. a supernatural viscous substance that is supposed to exude from the body of a medium during a spiritualistic trance and form the material for the manifestation of spirits. DERIVATIVES: ec·to·plas·mic / ˌektəˈplazmik/ adj.

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ectoplasm

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

ectoplasm In plant cells (and some Protozoa), the outer, gel-like layer of the cell cytoplasm, which lies immediately beneath the cell membrane and contains packed layers of microtubules.
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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

ectoplasm In plant cells and some Protozoa, the outer, gel-like layer of the cell cytoplasm, which lies immediately beneath the cell membrane and contains packed layers of microtubules.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

ectoplasm a supernatural viscous substance that is supposed to exude from the body of a medium during a spiritualistic trance and form the material for the manifestation of spirits.
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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

ectoplasm See cytoplasm.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

ectoplasm •chasm, spasm •enthusiasm • orgasm • sarcasm •ectoplasm • cytoplasm • iconoclasm •cataplasm • pleonasm • phantasm •besom • dirigisme •abysm, arrivisme, chrism, chrisom, ism, prism, schism •Shiism, theism •Maoism, Taoism •egoism • truism • Babism • cubism •sadism • nudism • Sufism • ageism •holism • cataclysm • monism • papism •verism • aneurysm • purism • Nazism •sexism • racism • paroxysm • autism •macrocosm • microcosm • bosom

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