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CHONDRIOSOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chondriosome mean?
• CHONDRIOSOME (noun)
The noun CHONDRIOSOME has 1 sense:
1. an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy
Familiarity information: CHONDRIOSOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
chondriosome; mitochondrion
Hypernyms ("chondriosome" is a kind of...):
cell organ; cell organelle; organelle (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chondriosome"):
sarcosome (a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber)
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