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ectoplasm

/ˈek.tə.plæz.əm/

Traducción: Sustantivo con dos significados principales: en el espiritismo, una sustancia que se cree que emana del cuerpo de un médium durante un trance; en biología, la capa externa, sin gránulos, del citoplasma de una célula.

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C2formalcommonscientific/ˈek.tə.plæz.əm/

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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.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo con dos significados principales: en el espiritismo, una sustancia que se cree que emana del cuerpo de un médium durante un trance; en biología, la capa externa, sin gránulos, del citoplasma de una célula.
  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.

    🇪🇸Ectoplasma (sustancia espiritual)

  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.

    🇪🇸Ectoplasma celular

    Antónimos: endoplasm

  • ectoplasms plural form
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  • ectoplasm's possessive singular form