ectoplasm

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.

   “Watching as the woman lifted her skirts and flung out ectoplasm, expelled it into a bowl, then brandished it around at her audience wildly.”

2. isim An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.

   “Then came some hollow groanings from inside the cabinet. The Spiritualists sat up expectantly. "That's ectoplasm," said Ogilvy. "It always causes pain on emission."”

3. isim The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.