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Mitochondrion

Mitochondrion

See also: mitochondrion

German

Noun

Mitochondrion

Alternative spelling of Mitochondrium

mitochondrion

mitochondrion

See also: Mitochondrion

English

Mitochondria in the lungs of a mammal.

Noun

mitochondrion ‎(plural mitochondria)

(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, contains genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Terms derived from mitochondrion

mitosome

See also

Translations

respiratory organelle

Arabic: مِيتُوكُونْدْرِيُون m ‎(mītūkūndriyūn)
Armenian: միտոքոնդրիում ‎(mitokʿondrium)
Azeri: mitoxondri
Bengali: মাইটোকন্ড্রিয়া ‎(maiṭokônḑriya)
Bulgarian: митохондрия f ‎(mitohondrija)
Catalan: mitocondri m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 線粒體 (zh), 线粒体 (zh) ‎(xiànlìtǐ)
Czech: mitochondrie f
Danish: mitokondrie n
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 ‎(sūtrakaṇikā)
Hungarian: mitokondrium (hu)
Icelandic: hvatberi m

Irish: miteacoindre f
Italian: mitocondrio (it) m
Japanese: ミトコンドリア (ja) ‎(mitokondoria), 糸粒体 (ja) ‎(shiryuutai)
Korean: 미토콘드리아 ‎(mitokondeuria)
Macedonian: митохондрија f ‎(mitohondrija)
Persian: میتوکندری ‎(mitokondri)
Polish: mitochondrium (pl) m
Portuguese: mitocôndria (pt) f
Russian: митохо́ндрия (ru) f ‎(mitoxóndrija)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: митохондрије f

Roman: mitohondrije f
Spanish: mitocondria (es) f
Swedish: mitokondrie (sv) c
Tagalog: sulidlawas
Thai: ไมโทคอนเดรีย ‎(maitohkondàyreey)
Turkish: mitokondri (tr)
Ukrainian: мітохондрія f ‎(mitoxondrija)
Vietnamese: ti thể