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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

chondrio- en · X

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”).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Granule, mitochondrion component.

Relateds

chondri- · chondro- · chondr-

wikipedia: Carl Benda