Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mitochondrion

1 sense of mitochondrion

Sense 1
mitochondrion, chondriosome -- (an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy)
       => organelle, cell organelle, cell organ -- (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus")