"mitochondria" meaning in English

See mitochondria in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmaɪtoʊˈkandɹiə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mitochondria.wav
Etymology: From mitochondrion + -a. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mitochondrion|a}} mitochondrion + -a Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} mitochondria
  1. plural of mitochondrion Tags: form-of, plural Form of: mitochondrion
    Sense id: en-mitochondria-en-noun-prpvOg51 Categories (other): English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -a, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 2 26 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 29 29 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˌmaɪtoʊˈkandɹiə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mitochondria.wav Forms: mitochondria [plural], mitochondrias [plural]
Etymology: See above. Head templates: {{en-noun|mitochondria|s}} mitochondria (plural mitochondria or mitochondrias)
  1. (sometimes proscribed) mitochondrion. Tags: proscribed, sometimes
    Sense id: en-mitochondria-en-noun-C8OrtdvQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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