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Definition of Prickle cell
1. Noun. A cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes.
Definition of Prickle cell
1. Noun. A polyhedral cell in the epidermis having many spines that form intercellular bridges ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prickle Cell
Literary usage of Prickle cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"... a slight cellular infiltration mainly around the vessels of the papillary
layer; (2) in the epidermis, some widening of the prickle-cell layer, ..."
2. Practical Handbook of the Pathology of the Skin: An Introduction to the by John MacLeod Hendrie MacLeod (1903)
"CHANGES in the prickle-cell layer occur in association with almost every form of
dermatitis. Many of the new growths of the skin, both benign and malignant, ..."
3. Diseases of the Skin: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners by J. M. H. MacLeod (1921)
"Prickle-cell from which the prickles have disappeared, d. Prickle-cell in which
the protoplasm has become homogeneous, the ectoplasm condensed, ..."
4. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1897)
"Page 138, line 6, "prickle cell and in their exit will be surprised in the
commodious blood capillaries," should read prickle layer are taken by surprise in ..."
5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"There was marked hyperkeratosis with accumulations of a many-layered, horny covering.
Acanthosis led here, as in condyloma. to the formation of prickle cell ..."
6. Skin and Venereal Diseases (1915)
"thirty-seven cases of the prickle-cell type were as follows: ... On account of
the large percentage of metastases which occurs in the prickle-cell type, ..."
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