prickle cell

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   a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes

   Broaderskin cell

Questions about prickle cell

What does prickle cell mean?

prickle cell means "a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes".

Is prickle cell a common word?

prickle cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.