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chondriome

chondriome noun: the set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.

Noun

chondriome (plural chondriomes)

  1. The set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.
    • In one of his 1913 papers Guillermond discusses the function of the chondriome (collective term for the chondriosomes of the cell or the plant) in Fungi.1914 April - May, F. Cavers, “Chondriosomes (Mitochondria) and their Significance”, in The New Phytologist, volume 13, number 4/5
    • Several characteristics of the chondriome require investigation. What is the biological significance of base sequence homology between parts of mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA) and nuclear DNA in eukaryotes?1986, S. H Mantell, The Chondriome: chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes

Forms of chondriome

pluralchondriomes

Origin of chondriome

From chondrio- + -ome.

Questions about chondriome

What does chondriome mean?
Chondriome means the set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.
What part of speech is chondriome?
Chondriome is a noun.
What is the plural of chondriome?
The plural of chondriome is chondriomes.

Words near chondriome in the dictionary

  1. chondriocont
  2. chondrioconts
  3. chondriokinesis
  4. chondriokont
  5. chondriokonts
  6. chondriome
  7. chondriomes
  8. chondriosome
  9. chondriosomes
  10. chondriosphere
  11. chondrite

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