ectoplasmic
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ectoplasmic — ectoplasm ► NOUN ▪ a viscous substance that supposedly exudes from the body of a medium during a spiritualistic trance and forms the material for the manifestation of spirits. DERIVATIVES ectoplasmic adjective … English terms dictionary
ectoplasmic — adjective see ectoplasm … New Collegiate Dictionary
ectoplasmic — See ectoplasm. * * * … Universalium
ectoplasmic — Synonyms and related words: astral, ethereal, etheric, ghostish, ghostlike, ghostly, ghosty, incorporeal, phantasmal, phantasmic, phantom, phantomic, phantomlike, psychic, shadowy, specterlike, spectral, spiritual, supernatural, wraithlike,… … Moby Thesaurus
ectoplasmic — adj. pertaining to the outer part of a cytoplasm (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
ectoplasmic — ec·to·plasmic … English syllables
ectoplasmic — adjective see ectoplasm * * * ectoplasˈmic adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑ecto … Useful english dictionary
ectoplasmic tube contraction — Model for amoeboid movement in which it is proposed that protrusion of a pseudopod is brought about by contraction of the sub plasmalemmal region everywhere else in the cell thus squeezing the central cytoplasm forwards. See frontal zone… … Dictionary of molecular biology
ectoplasmic substance — see ectoplasm … Dictionary of Hallucinations
ectoplasm — ectoplasmic, ectoplasmatic /ek teuh plaz mat ik/, adj. /ek teuh plaz euhm/, n. 1. Biol. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Cf. endoplasm. 2. Spiritualism. the supposed emanation from the body of a medium. [1880 85; ECTO + PLASM] * * *… … Universalium
