ectoplasm

English

Etymology

ecto- +‎ plasm

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛktəˌplæzəm/

Noun

ectoplasm (countable and uncountable; plural ectoplasms)

Wikipedia

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) (ekutopurazumu), 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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