mitochondrion

See also: Mitochondrion

English

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mitochondrion

Etymology

From German Mitochondrium, coined by Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + χονδρίον (khondríon), diminutive of χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, morsel”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪtəˈkɒndɹiən/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪtəˈkɑndɹiən/

Noun

mitochondrion (plural mitochondria or (rare, proscribed) mitochondrions)

(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.
- 1902 February, W. J. Baumgartner, “Spermatid Transformations in Gryllus assimilis, with Special Reference to the Nebenkern”, in Kansas University Science Bulletin, volume 1, number 2:
  The consideration of the mitochondrion in the spermatocytes I shall pass over, as it is not within the bounds of this paper; yet I hope to study the earlier generations of my material, and shall then compare the results.

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chondrio-

Translations

respiratory organelle

Arabic: مِيتُوكُنْدْرِيُون m (mītūkundriyūn), مُتَقَدِّرَة f (mutaqaddira), مُصَوِّرَة حَيَوِيَّة f (muṣawwira(t) ḥayawiyya), حُبَيْبَة خَيْطِيَّة f (ḥubayba(t) ḵayṭiyya)
Armenian: միտոքոնդրիում (hy) (mitokʻondrium)
Azerbaijani: mitoxondri
Bashkir: митохондрия (mitoxondriya)
Bengali: মাইটোকন্ড্রিয়া (bn) (maiṭōkonḍriẏa)
Bulgarian: митохондрия f (mitohondrija)
Catalan: mitocondri (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 線粒體 / 线粒体 (zh) (xiànlìtǐ) (Mainland China), 粒線體 / 粒线体 (zh) (lìxiàntǐ) (Taiwan)
Czech: mitochondrie (cs) f
Danish: mitokondrie n
Dutch: mitochondrium (nl) n, mitochondrion n
Esperanto: mitoĥondrio, mitokondrio
Estonian: mitokonder
Finnish: mitokondrio (fi)
French: mitochondrie (fr) f
German: Mitochondrium (de) n, Mitochondrion n
Greek: μιτοχόνδριο n (mitochóndrio)
Hebrew: מיטוכונדריון (he) m (mitokhondrion)
Hindi: सूत्रकणिका (hi) (sūtrakaṇikā)
Hungarian: mitokondrium (hu)
Icelandic: hvatberi m
Indonesian: mitokondria n
Irish: miteacoindre f
Italian: mitocondrio (it) m
Japanese: ミトコンドリア (ja) (mitokondoria), 糸粒体 (ja) (shiryuutai)
Kazakh: митохондрия (mitoxondriä)
Khmer: មីតូកុងទ្រី (miitoukongtrii), មីតូកុងឌ្រី (miitoukongdrii)
Korean: 미토콘드리아 (ko) (mitokondeuria), 사립체(絲粒體) (saripche)
Kyrgyz: митохондрия (mitohondriya)
Macedonian: митохондрија f (mitohondrija)
Malay: mitokondrion
Māori: punaraungao
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mitokondrium (no) n, mitokondrie m

Nynorsk: mitokondrium n, mitokondrie m
Occitan: mitocondria f
Persian: میتوکندری (mitokondri), راکیزه (fa) (râkize)
Polish: mitochondrium (pl) n
Portuguese: mitocôndria (pt) f
Russian: митохо́ндрия (ru) f (mitoxóndrija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: митохондрије f

Latin: mitohondrije f
Slovak: mitochondria f
Spanish: mitocondria (es) f
Swedish: mitokondrie (sv) c
Tagalog: sulidlawas
Thai: ไมโทคอนเดรีย (maitohkondàyreey)
Turkish: mitokondri (tr)
Ukrainian: мітохондрія f (mitoxondrija)
Vietnamese: ti thể (vi) (司體)
Welsh: mitocondrion m