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Word entry · 9 letters

ectoplasm

Best crossword clue

"Outer living layer"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛktəˌplæzəm/Part of speech nounSorted acelmopstStarts with EEnds with M1 clues
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Definitions

  1. Outer layer of cytoplasm.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

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

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