Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ectoplasm

2 senses of ectoplasm

Sense 1
ectoplasm -- ((spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance)
       => emanation -- (something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.))

Sense 2
ectoplasm -- (the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm)
       => cytoplasm, cytol -- (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)