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prickle cell

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prick·le cell (prkl)
n.
An epidermal cell that, as a histological artifact, develops numerous intercellular bridges that give it a prickly appearance.

prickle cell
a cell with delicate radiating processes connecting with similar cells, being a dividing keratinocyte of the prickle-cell layer of the epidermis.

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