ectoplasm

uncountable

A noun with two distinct meanings: in spiritualism, it refers to a substance believed to emanate from a medium's body during a trance; in biology, it denotes the outer, granule-free layer of cytoplasm in a cell.

• 🇷🇺Существительное с двумя различными значениями: в спиритуализме — вещество, которое, как считается, исходит из тела медиума во время транса; в биологии — внешний, лишённый гранул слой цитоплазмы в клетке.

1. Spiritual substance C2 formal

   A mystical, viscous substance believed to emanate from a medium's body during a spiritualist trance.

   • The medium claimed to produce ectoplasm during the séance.
   • Photographs from the 1920s often show ectoplasm as a white, gauzy material.
   • Skeptics argue that ectoplasm is often faked using cheesecloth or other materials.

   🇷🇺Эктоплазма

2. Cell biology layer C2 formal scientific

   The outer, gel-like layer of a cell's cytoplasm, which is typically clear and free of granules.

   • The ectoplasm of an amoeba is more rigid than the inner endoplasm.
   • Under the microscope, the ectoplasm appears as a clear border around the cell.
   • Cell movement in amoebas involves the flow of endoplasm into the ectoplasm.

   🇷🇺Эктоплазма

   Antonyms: endoplasm

• ectoplasms plural form
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• ectoplasm's possessive singular form