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chondrio-
- a combining form meaning “cartilage,” used in the formation of compound words:
chondriosome.
Word History and Origins
Origin of chondrio-1
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Words That Use Chondrio-
What does chondrio- mean?
Chondrio- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “cartilage” or “grain.” It is used in a few medical and scientific terms.
Chondrio- ultimately comes from the Greek chóndros, meaning “cartilage” or “grain.”
What are variants of chondrio-?
When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, chondrio- becomes chondr-, as in chondritis.
Closely related to chondrio- is chondro-, as in chondromere, which is used in medical terms to indicate “cartilage” and scientific terms to indicate “grain” or “granular.”
Examples of chondrio-
One example of a scientific term that features the combining form chondrio- is chondriosome, also known as a mitochondrion. A chondriosome is “an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.”
The first part of the word, chondrio-, here means “granule.” The second part of the word, the combining form -some, means “body.” Chondriosome has a literal sense of “granular body,” referring to the organelle’s shape and size.
What are some other words related to chondrio-?
What are some other forms that chondrio- may be commonly confused with?
Break it down!
Mitochondrion is another word for chondriosome.
Given that the first part of the word, mito-, comes from the Greek for “thread,” what is a literal translation of mitochondrion? Draw on the “grain” sense of chondrio-.
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