ectoplasm

/ek-tuh-plaz-uhm/US // ˈɛk təˌplæz əm //UK // (ˈɛktəʊˌplæzəm) //

外质体,外胚层,外质,外生体

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell.Compare endoplasm.
- : Spiritualism. the supposed emanation from the body of a medium.

The ectoplasm may have given out or his condition of mind influenced it.
The general cytoplasm shows no differentiation into ectoplasm and endoplasm; it is uniformly alveolar in character.
The cytoplasm is very highly differentiated: especially the ectoplasm or ectosarc.
The diameter is about 50µ; the vacuolated ectoplasm passes gradually into the granular endoplasm.
In this form (fig. 5) there is no distinction between ectoplasm and endoplasm, and there is an entire absence of vacuoles.