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What does ectoplasm mean?

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Noun
  1. (parapsychology) The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
  2. (parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
  3. (cytology) The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
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By contrast, ectoplasm photographs depict a human medium in the throes of violent struggle with an invisible entity.
This is the reason why traces of cells, hematic leukocytes are seen in its ectoplasm.
Later I discovered that the carpet was drenched with a foul smelling liquid that I can only assume is ectoplasm.
Most photographs of ectoplasm make it look like the kind of stuff you could pick up at the local yardage store or buy from Amazon.
This entity was supposed to be a manifestation or thought-form akin to the ectoplasm that is generated by mediums while in a trance state.
The third way in which ectoplasm images articulate the referentiality of photography via the body builds upon the first two.

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