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Mitochondrial Swelling

Medical Definition: Increase in volume of mitochondria due to an influx of fluid; it occurs in hypotonic solutions due to osmotic pressure and in isotonic solutions as a result of altered permeability of the membranes of respiring mitochondria.
Previously Indexed: Mitochondria (1966-1968),Mitochondria, Liver (1968),Mitochondria, Muscle (1968)

Mitochondrial Swelling Medical Definitions and Terms

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