ecto-

短语

[医] 外

发音

US /ɛktoʊ-/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Outside.

  2. 2.

    Ghost-related.

    ecto-blaster, ectometer

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:ecto-.

词源

From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”). Sense 2 ("ghost-related") is a reinterpretation of this prefix in the word ectoplasm (“paranormal substance believed to be involved in the materialization of the dead”), for the etymology of which see there.

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