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Webster 1913 Edition

Ectoplasm

Ec′to-plasm

,

Noun.

[

Ecto-

+ Gr. [GREEK] form.]

(Biol.)

(a)

The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.

(b)

The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.

(c)

The ectosarc of protozoan.