"mitochondrion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmaɪtoʊˈkandɹiən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mitochondrion.wav Forms: mitochondria [plural], mitochondrions [plural]
Etymology: Coined in German by Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + χονδρίον (khondríon), diminutive of χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, morsel”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{uder|en|grc|μίτος||thread}} Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) Head templates: {{en-noun|mitochondria|s}} mitochondrion (plural mitochondria or mitochondrions)
  1. (cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP. Wikipedia link: Carl Benda, mitochondrion Categories (topical): Cytology Derived forms: mitochondrial [adjective], mitochondriopathy, mitogenome, mitogenomic, mitogenomics, mitosome Related terms: amyloplast, chloroplast, chromoplast, elaioplast, etioplast, leucoplast, proplastid, proteinoplast, tannosome Coordinate_terms: hydrogenosome, mitosome, plastid Translations (respiratory organelle): مِيتُوكُنْدْرِيُون (mītūkundriyūn) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَقَدِّرَة (mutaqaddira) [feminine] (Arabic), مُصَوِّرَة حَيَوِيَّة (alt: muṣawwira(t) ḥayawiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), حُبَيْبَة خَيْطِيَّة (alt: ḥubayba(t) ḵayṭiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), միտոքոնդրիում (mitokʻondrium) (Armenian), mitoxondri (Azerbaijani), митохондрия (mitoxondriya) (Bashkir), মাইটোকন্ড্রিয়া (maiṭōkonḍriẏa) (Bengali), митохондрия (mitohondrija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mitocondri [masculine] (Catalan), 線粒體 (Chinese Mandarin), 线粒体 (xiànlìtǐ) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 粒線體 (Chinese Mandarin), 粒线体 (lìxiàntǐ) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), mitochondrie [feminine] (Czech), mitokondrie [neuter] (Danish), mitochondrium [neuter] (Dutch), mitochondrion [neuter] (Dutch), mitoĥondrio (Esperanto), mitokondrio (Esperanto), mitokonder (Estonian), mitokondrio (Finnish), mitochondrie [feminine] (French), Mitochondrium [neuter] (German), Mitochondrion [neuter] (German), μιτοχόνδριο (mitochóndrio) [neuter] (Greek), מיטוכונדריון (mitokhondrion) [masculine] (Hebrew), सूत्रकणिका (sūtrakaṇikā) (Hindi), mitokondrium (Hungarian), hvatberi [masculine] (Icelandic), mitokondria [neuter] (Indonesian), miteacoindre [feminine] (Irish), mitocondrio [masculine] (Italian), ミトコンドリア (mitokondoria) (Japanese), 糸粒体 (shiryuutai) (Japanese), митохондрия (mitoxondriä) (Kazakh), មីតូកុងទ្រី (miitoukongtrii) (Khmer), មីតូកុងឌ្រី (miitoukongdrii) (Khmer), 미토콘드리아 (mitokondeuria) (Korean), 사립체 (saripche) (Korean), митохондрия (mitohondriya) (Kyrgyz), митохондрија (mitohondrija) [feminine] (Macedonian), mitokondrion (Malay), punaraungao (Maori), mitokondrium [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), mitokondrie [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mitokondrium [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mitokondrie [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mitocondria [feminine] (Occitan), میتوکندری (mitokondri) (Persian), راکیزه (râkize) (Persian), mitochondrium [masculine] (Polish), mitocôndria [feminine] (Portuguese), митохо́ндрия (mitoxóndrija) [feminine] (Russian), митохондрије [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mitohondrije [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mitocondria [feminine] (Spanish), mitokondrie [common-gender] (Swedish), sulidlawas (Tagalog), ไมโทคอนเดรีย (maitohkondàyreey) (Thai), mitokondri (Turkish), мітохондрія (mitoxondrija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ti thể (alt: 司體) (Vietnamese)
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "mitocondrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mitokondoria",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "ミトコンドリア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiryuutai",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "糸粒体"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mitoxondriä",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "митохондрия"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "miitoukongtrii",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "មីតូកុងទ្រី"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "miitoukongdrii",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "មីតូកុងឌ្រី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mitokondeuria",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "미토콘드리아"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saripche",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "사립체"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "mitohondriya",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "митохондрия"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mitohondrija",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "митохондрија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "mitokondrion"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "punaraungao"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mitokondrium"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mitokondrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mitokondrium"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mitokondrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitocondria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mitokondri",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "میتوکندری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "râkize",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "راکیزه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mitochondrium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitocôndria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mitoxóndrija",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "митохо́ндрия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "митохондрије"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitohondrije"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitocondria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mitokondrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "sulidlawas"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "maitohkondàyreey",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "ไมโทคอนเดรีย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "mitokondri"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mitoxondrija",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мітохондрія"
    },
    {
      "alt": "司體",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "respiratory organelle",
      "word": "ti thể"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mitochondrion"
}

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