Medical Dictionary

gitter cell

noun git·ter cell \ˈgit-ər-\

Medical Definition of GITTER CELL

:  an enlarged phagocytic cell of microglial origin having the cytoplasm distended with lipid granules and being characteristic of some organic brain lesions

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