| ectoplasm | Granule free cytoplasm of amoeba lying immediately below the plasma membrane. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| ectoplasmatic | Ektoplasmicektoplastic Relating to the ectoplasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectoplasmic tube contraction | <cell biology> Model for amoeboid movement in which it is proposed that protrusion of a pseudopod is brought about by contraction of the sub plasmalemmal region everywhere else in the cell thus squeesing the central cytoplasm forwards. See: frontal zone contraction theory. (18 Nov 1997) |