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
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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.