Etymology

submitochondrial

Today it means: Describing any subunit of a mitochondrion Full definition →

English mitochondrial ← Latin sub-
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  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishmitochondrial
  5. English todaysubmitochondrial

From sub- + mitochondrial.

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