ectoplasm

noun

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

noun

1. cytology the outer layer of cytoplasm in some cells, esp protozoa, which differs from the inner cytoplasm in being a clear gelSee also endoplasm
2. spiritualism the substance supposedly emanating from the body of a medium during trances

n.

1883, of amoebas, 1901, of spirits, from ecto- + -plasm.