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Definition: According to spiritualists, a spirit medium extrudes something called "ectoplasm" from every orfice in his or her body during a séance. The term ectoplasm comes from the Greek words ektos and plasm, which mean "exteriorized matter." This material sometimes takes the form of a face or hand, but usually just drapes over things.

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