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What (who) is ectoplasm - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Ectoplasma; Ectoplasmic; Ectoplasm (disambiguation)
Ectoplasm
·noun The ectosarc of protozoan.
II. Ectoplasm ·noun The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.
III. Ectoplasm ·noun The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
ectoplasm
['?kt?(?)plaz(?)m]
¦ noun
1. Biology, dated the more viscous, clear outer layer of the cytoplasm in amoeboid cells. Compare with endoplasm.
2. 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
Ectoplasm (paranormal)
![[[Eva Carrière]] and supposed ectoplasm (1912)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ektoplasma.gif?width=200 "[[Eva Carrière]] and supposed ectoplasm (1912)")
![[[Helen Duncan]] with supposed ectoplasm, analysed by [[Harry Price]] to be made of cheesecloth and a rubber glove](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helen-duncan-platexi.jpg?width=200 "[[Helen Duncan]] with supposed ectoplasm, analysed by [[Harry Price]] to be made of cheesecloth and a rubber glove")
![Kathleen Goligher with supposed ectoplasm made of [[muslin]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kathleen Goligher fake ectoplasm.jpg?width=200 "Kathleen Goligher with supposed ectoplasm made of [[muslin]]")
PARANORMAL PHENOMENON
Ectenic force; Ectoplasm (parapsychology); Ectenic Force; Ecteneic force; Ectoplasmic matter; Ectoplasmic energy; Teleplasm; Psychoplasm; Ghost slime
Ectoplasm (from Greek ektos 'outside' and plasma 'something formed or molded') is a term used in spiritualism to denote a substance or spiritual energy "exteriorized" by physical mediums. It was coined in 1894 by psychical researcher Charles Richet.
Examples of use of ectoplasm
1. Self–proclaimed mediums with streams of "ectoplasm" from the spirit world spewing from their mouths.
2. Policies are for nerds and activists, the ectoplasm of the conference season.
3. His biographers are at a loss to find any thread in the verbal ectoplasm that exudes from Blairs utterances.
4. That was the time when Blairism first oozed like ectoplasm from the guts of Orgreave and Wapping.
5. THERE is ectoplasm in the air at the Maas Gallery, which is showing the work of Austin Osman Spare.