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Ectoplasm

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ectoplasm
1. Cytology the outer layer of cytoplasm in some cells, esp protozoa, which differs from the inner cytoplasm (see endoplasm) in being a clear gel
2. Spiritualism the substance supposedly emanating from the body of a medium during trances
ectoplasm [′ek·tə‚plaz·əm]
(cell and molecular biology)
The outer, gelled zone of the cytoplasmic ground substance in many cells. Also known as ectosarc.
Ectoplasm 

the peripheral layer of animal and plant cell protoplasm characterized by a lower concentration of organelles and other components than in the endoplasm, the other major part of the cytoplasm. The ectoplasm is very distinct in many protozoan and some tissue cells, for example, fibroblasts. The subdivision of cytoplasm into ectoplasm and endoplasm is arbitrary.
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