- mitochondria
- mitochondria 1901, from German, coined 1898 by microbiologist Carl Benda (1857-1933), from Gk. mitos "thread" (see MITRE (Cf. mitre)) + khondrion "little granule," dim. of khondros "granule, lump of salt."
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