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Definition of: chondriosome
(kon′drē·ə·sōm) noun Biol.
A small granular body found, alone or in clusters, in the cytoplasm of a cell and subject to rapid changes both in shape and position: also called mitochondria. See illustration under CELL. [<Gk. chondrion, dim. of chondros cartilage + sōma body]
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