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ectoplasm

ec·top·lasm

UK/ˈɛktəˌplæzəm/ rare

noun

1.

(spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance

2.

the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm

Origin

From ecto- (“outside”) + plasm or -plasm, referring to the fact that ectoplasm is believed to emanate from and materialize outside of the medium's body.

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