chondrio-

prefix

chondrio-

prefix

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”).

1

Morpheme Granule, mitochondrion component.

Related terms
chondri-, chondro-, chondr-

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.