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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.


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Its double-exposure ghosts, its seance documents, its records of the flow of ectoplasmic material from mouths, noses, and navels, and its experiments with "vital fluid" impressions made with the dark--rather than light--side of the photographic equation are all located at that borderline.
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