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mitochondria (n.)
1901, from German, coined 1898 by microbiologist Carl Benda (1857-1933), from Greek
mitos
"thread" (see
mitre
) +
khondrion
"little granule," diminutive of
khondros
"granule, lump of salt" (see
grind
(v.)).
