Usually means: Powerhouse of the cell's energy.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word mitochondrion:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. mitochondrion: Merriam-Webster
  2. mitochondrion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mitochondrion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mitochondrion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mitochondrion: Vocabulary.com
  6. mitochondrion: Wordnik
  7. mitochondrion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Mitochondrion: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. mitochondrion: Wiktionary
  10. mitochondrion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. mitochondrion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. mitochondrion: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. mitochondrion: Dictionary.com
  14. Mitochondrion (band), Mitochondrion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. mitochondrion: Rhymezone
  16. mitochondrion: FreeDictionary.org
  17. mitochondrion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. mitochondrion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mitochondrion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. mitochondrion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Mitochondrion: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Mitochondrion (mitochondria): Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. mitochondrion: Medical dictionary
  8. Mitochondrion: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  4. mitochondrion: Evolution Glossary
  5. mitochondrion: Natural History Terms

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▸ noun:  (cytology) A 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.

Similar:
chondriosome, mitochondrium, matrix, mitoxosome, mitochondrial matrix, mitochondriogenesis, protomitochondrion, megamitochondrion, mitoplast, oxysome, more...

Opposite:
nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane

Types:
aerobic, anaerobic, more...

Adjectives:
single, large, intact, giant, typical, singular, occasional, long, shaped, whole, individual

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Similar:
chondriosome, mitochondrium, matrix, mitoxosome, mitochondrial matrix, mitochondriogenesis, protomitochondrion, megamitochondrion, mitoplast, oxysome, more...

Opposite:
nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane

Types:
aerobic, anaerobic, more...

Adjectives:
single, large, intact, giant, typical, singular, occasional, long, shaped, whole, individual



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