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one of the dividing keratinocytes present in the stratum spinosum of the epidermis; it contains many tonofilaments and has delicate radiating processes that connect with similar cells.Medical dictionary. 2011.
prickle cell — noun a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes • Hypernyms: ↑skin cell * * * noun : a cell found in the germinal layer of the skin having numerous spines or radiating processes… … Useful english dictionary
Prickle cell — A prickle cell is an epidermal cell which lies above the basal cell layer, constituting a stratum spinosum, which forms innumerable intercellular bridges. These intercellular bridges give the stratum spinosum a rough appearance to which the cells … Wikipedia
prickle cell layer — n STRATUM SPINOSUM * * * stratum spinosum … Medical dictionary
prickle cell — noun A polyhedral cell in the epidermis having many spines that form intercellular bridges … Wiktionary
prickle cell carcinoma — squamous cell c. (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
prickle cell — Large flattened polygonal cells of the stratum germinosum of the epidermis (just above the basal stem cells), that appear in the light microscope to have fine spines projecting from their surfaces; these terminate in desmosomes that link the… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Prickle — In botany, a prickle is a modified extension of the cortex and epidermis into a sharp, needle like structure. By extension, it can refer to: *Prickle cell of the skin *Prickle (protein), a planar cell polarity protein *the collective noun for a… … Wikipedia
prickle cells — cells with cytoplasmic processes that form intercellular bridges. The germinative layer of the epidermis is sometimes called the prickle cell layer … Medical dictionary
prickle cells — cells with cytoplasmic processes that form intercellular bridges. The germinative layer of the epidermis is sometimes called the prickle cell layer … The new mediacal dictionary
Prickle (protein) — The first prickle protein was identified in Drosophila as a planar cell polarity protein. Vertebrate prickle 1 was first found as a rat protein that binds to a transcription factor, neuron restrictive silencer factor (NRSF). It was then… … Wikipedia
