Although in German spelling Gitter, like all nouns, begins with a capital letter, the derived English word is spelled with a small g. 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. SYN: compound granule cell, gitterzelle. [Ger. Gitterzelle, fr. Gitter, lattice, wire-net]
