Mitochondria in the lungs of a mammal. Etymology
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Coined in German Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek μίτος ( mítos , “ thread ” ) + χονδρίον ( khondríon ) , diminutive of χόνδρος ( khóndros , “ grain, morsel ” )
mitochondrion (plural mitochondria or mitochondrions
( cytology ) 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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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 ( maiṭōkonḍriẏa )
Bulgarian: митохондрия f ( mitohondrija )
Catalan: mitocondri 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 ( 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 ( saripche )
Kyrgyz: митохондрия ( mitohondriya )
Macedonian: митохондрија f ( mitohondrija )
Malay: mitokondrion
Maori: 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) 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 (vi) (司 體
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