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Definition of Mitochondria

1. mitochondrion [n] - See also: mitochondrion

Medical Definition of Mitochondria

1. A small intracellular organelle which is responsible for energy production and cellular respiration. See: cytochrome. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitochondria

Literary usage of Mitochondria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"The mitochondria radiate out from this central body as though under the influence ... In the living cells the mitochondria are seen as slightly refractive ..."

2. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"In animal cells, these organelles are called mitochondria, while the energy-producing organelles in green plants are called chloroplasts. ..."

3. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Nitric Oxide and Its Congeners in mitochondria: Implications for Apoptosis Christoph Richter Laboratory of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of ..."

4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"Their general form and nuclear structure has been carefully worked up, but no attempt has been made to extend to them the recent work on mitochondria. ..."

5. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"mitochondria. Struck by the fact that cases with thyrotoxic symptoms had been relieved from such symptoms by removal of the apparently simple adenoma, ..."

6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"By this method the reactions of living organisms and of mitochondria within ... It was soon found that the mitochondria in living lymphocytes surpass all ..."

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