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ECTOPLASM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ectoplasm" is a kind of...):

cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ectoplasm" is a kind of...):

emanation (something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.))

Domain category:

spiritualism (the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium))

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