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mitochondrial

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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US: /ˌmaɪ.təˈkɑːn.dɹi.əl/
UK: /ˌmaɪ.təˈkɒn.dɹi.əl/
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CMU ARPABET: M AY2 T AH0 K AA1 N D R IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to mitochondria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mitochondrion English -a English mitochondria English -al English mitochondrial From mitochondria + -al.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: mitocondrial — of, or relating to mitochondria
Esperanto: mitoĥondria — of, or relating to mitochondria
Esperanto: mitokondria — of, or relating to mitochondria
Finnish: mitokondriaalinen — of, or relating to mitochondria
French: mitochondrial — of, or relating to mitochondria
Hungarian: mitokondriális — of, or relating to mitochondria
Italian: mitocondriale — of, or relating to mitochondria
Portuguese: mitocondrial — of, or relating to mitochondria
Russian: митохондриа́льный (mitoxondriálʹnyj) — of, or relating to mitochondria
Spanish: mitocondrial — of, or relating to mitochondria
Swedish: mitokondriell — of, or relating to mitochondria

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more mitochondrial — comparative
most mitochondrial — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: amitochondrial, antimitochondrial, extramitochondrial, intermitochondrial, intramitochondrial, mitochondrial DNA, Mitochondrial Eve, mitochondrially, mitochondrial matrix, mitochondrial megachannel, mitophagy, mt, nonmitochondrial, perimitochondrial, postmitochondrial, protomitochondrial, submitochondrial, transmitochondrial, xenomitochondrial

Related: none provided

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Real reading context

Meaning relationships

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