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A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience
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An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience
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The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cytoplasm, cytol
(spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: emanation
From ecto- (“outside”) + plasm or -plasm, referring to the fact that ectoplasm is believed to emanate from and materialize outside of the medium's body.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
إكتوبلازم
('iiktublazim)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Armenian:
էկտոպլազմա
(ēktoplazma)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Bulgarian:
ектоплазма
(ektoplazma)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Catalan:
ectoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Chinese Mandarin:
外質 /外质
(wàizhì)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Danish:
ektoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Danish:
teleplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Dutch:
ectoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Finnish:
ektoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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French:
ectoplasme
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Galician:
ectoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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German:
Ektoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Greek:
εκτόπλασμα
(ektóplasma)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Hungarian:
ektoplazma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Indonesian:
ektoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Irish:
eicteaplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Italian:
ectoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Japanese:
エクトプラズム
(ekutopurazumu)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Javanese:
ektoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Korean:
엑토플라즘
(ektopeullajeum)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Norwegian:
ektoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Norwegian:
teleplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Polish:
ektoplazma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Portuguese:
ectoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Russian:
эктопла́зма
(ektoplázma)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Serbo-Croatian:
ектоплазма
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Serbo-Croatian:
ektoplazma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Spanish:
ectoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Swedish:
ektoplasma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Turkish:
ektoplazma
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Ukrainian:
ектопла́зма
(ektoplázma)
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Vietnamese:
ngoại chất
— parapsychology: visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums
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Bulgarian:
ектоплазма
(ektoplazma)
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Finnish:
ektoplasma
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Galician:
ectoplasma
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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German:
Ektoplasma
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Hungarian:
ektoplazma
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Japanese:
エクトプラズム
(ekutopurazumu)
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Korean:
엑토플라즘
(ektopeullajeum)
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Norwegian:
ektoplasma
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Russian:
эктопла́зма
(ektoplázma)
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Serbo-Croatian:
ектоплазма
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Serbo-Croatian:
ektoplazma
— parapsychology: an immaterial or ethereal substance
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Bulgarian:
ектоплазма
(ektoplazma)
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Catalan:
ectoplasma
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Finnish:
ektoplasma
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Galician:
ectoplasma
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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German:
Ektoplasma
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Hungarian:
ektoplazma
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Norwegian:
ektoplasma
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Russian:
эктопла́зма
(ektoplázma)
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Serbo-Croatian:
ектоплазма
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Serbo-Croatian:
ektoplazma
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
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Tagalog:
labaskaphay
— cytology: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm