ectoplasm

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ec=to=plasm

CIDE DICTIONARY

ectoplasm, n. [Ecto- + Gr. form.].

 The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ectoplasm, n.
1 the dense outer layer of the cytoplasm (cf. ENDOPLASM).
2 the supposed viscous substance exuding from the body of a spiritualistic medium during a trance.

Derivative

ectoplasmic adj.

THESAURUS

ectoplasm

animal cell, aura, bioplast, cell, cellular tissue, cellule, chromatoplasm, coenocyte, corpuscle, cytoplasm, ectoplasy, effluvium, emanation, endoplasm, energid, eucaryotic cell, exteriorized protoplasm, germ cell, plant cell, plasmodium, procaryotic cell, protoplasm, reticulum, somatic cell, syncytium, trophoplasm