English Explanatory Dictionary

chondrio-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Granule, mitochondrion component.

Word forms

chondrio-

Etymology

From chondrion (“granule, mitochondrion component”) (former name for mitochondria, coined in German by Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek χονδρίον (khondríon), from Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, seed, groats, gristle, cartilage”).

Related words

chondri- chondro- chondr-
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