ectoplasm

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

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