Medical Definition of Gitter cell

1. A lipid-laden microglial phagocyte commonly seen at the edge of healing brain infarcts, a result of cellular phagocytosis of lipid from necrotic or degenerating brain cells. Synonym: compound granule cell. Origin: Ger. Gitterzelle, fr. Gitter, lattice, wire-net (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gitter Cell

gitanos
gite
gites
gith
githagism
gitogenin
gitonin
gitoxigenin
gitoxin
gits
gitted
gittern
gitterned
gitterns
gitterzelle
gitter cell (current term)
gittin
gitting
Giulio Natta
Giuseppe Balsamo
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto
Giuseppe Verdi
giust
giusted
giusting
giusto
giusts
give

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