mitochondrion – English noun declension

English noun forms of mitochondrion

Noun: mitochondrion
Singularmitochondrion
Pluralmitochondria

Sample Sentences

  • 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. [1902 February 26, W. J. Baumgartner, “Spermatid Transformations in Gryllus assimilis, with Special Reference to the Nebenkern”, in Kansas University Science Bulletin, volume 1, number 2:]

Nouns inflected like mitochondrion

mitochondrion, hapax legomenon, scholion, tricerion, criterion,

Etymology

From German Mitochondrium, coined by Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + χονδρίον (khondríon), diminutive of χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, morsel”). See: German Nouns 'Mitochondrium', Ancient Greek Nouns 'μίτος'.