ectoplasm

English

Etymology

ecto- +‎ plasm

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛktəˌplæzəm/

Noun

ectoplasm (countable and uncountable; plural ectoplasms)

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

Synonyms

• (parapsychology): teleplasm

Translations

parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums

Danish: ektoplasma (da) Dutch: ectoplasma (nl) Finnish: ektoplasma (fi) French: ectoplasme (fr) German: Ektoplasma (de) n. Hungarian: ektoplazma (hu) Irish: Eicteaplasma (ga) m.

Italian: ectoplasma (it) Japanese: エクトプラズム (ja), 霊漿 (けっしょう, reishō), 霊流体, 心霊流体, 心霊体 Norwegian: ektoplasma (no) m. Polish: ektoplazma (pl) Portuguese: ectoplasma (pt) Spanish: ectoplasma (es) Swedish: ektoplasma (sv)

parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance

Finnish: ektoplasma (fi) German: Ektoplasma (de) n. Hungarian: ektoplazma (hu)

Japanese: エクトプラズム (ja), 霊漿 (けっしょう, reishō), 霊流体, 心霊流体, 心霊体 Norwegian: ektoplasma (no) m.

cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm

Finnish: ektoplasma (fi) German: Ektoplasma (de) n.

Hungarian: ektoplazma (hu) Norwegian: ektoplasma (no) m.

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