ectoplasm

English

Etymology

ecto- +‎ plasm

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛktəˌplæzəm/

Noun

ectoplasm (countable and uncountable, plural ectoplasms)

(parapsychology) The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
(parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
(cytology) The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.

Synonyms

(parapsychology): teleplasm

Translations

parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums

Catalan: ectoplasma m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 外質 (zh), 外质 (zh) (wàizhì)
Danish: ektoplasma
Dutch: ectoplasma (nl)
Finnish: ektoplasma
French: ectoplasme (fr)
German: Ektoplasma (de) n
Greek: εκτόπλασμα (el) n (ektóplasma)
Hungarian: ektoplazma
Irish: eicteaplasma m

Italian: ectoplasma (it)
Japanese: エクトプラズム (ekutopurazumu)
Korean: 엑토플라즘 (ko) (egtopeullajeum)
Norwegian: ektoplasma m
Polish: ektoplazma (pl)
Portuguese: ectoplasma (pt)
Russian: эктопла́зма (ru) f (ektoplázma)
Serbo-Croatian: ектоплазма f, ektoplazma (sh) f
Spanish: ectoplasma (es)
Swedish: ektoplasma

parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance

Finnish: ektoplasma
German: Ektoplasma (de) n
Hungarian: ektoplazma
Japanese: エクトプラズム (ekutopurazumu)

Norwegian: ektoplasma m
Russian: эктопла́зма (ru) f (ektoplázma)
Serbo-Croatian: ектоплазма f, ektoplazma (sh) f

cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm

Catalan: ectoplasma m
Finnish: ektoplasma
German: Ektoplasma (de) n
Hungarian: ektoplazma

Norwegian: ektoplasma m
Russian: эктопла́зма (ru) f (ektoplázma)
Serbo-Croatian: ектоплазма f, ektoplazma (sh) f
Tagalog: labaskaphay

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