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mitochondrion definition

mito·chon·drion (mīt′ō kän′drē ən)

noun pl. mitochondria -·dria (-ə)

any of various very small, usually rodlike structures found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and that serve as a center of intracellular enzyme activity which produces the ATP needed to power the cell

Etymology: ModL < Gr mitos, a thread + chondrion, a small cartilage < chondros: see chondro-

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