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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 — prick·le cell prik əl n a cell of the stratum spinosum of the skin having numerous intercellular bridges which give the separated cells a prickly appearance in microscopic preparations * * * one of the dividing keratinocytes present in the… … 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 — 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
