cis
IPA: sɪs
noun
- Initialism of Commonwealth of Independent States.
- (UK, business) Initialism of Construction Industry Scheme.
- (Canada, sports, historical) Initialism of Canadian Interuniversity Sport, former name of U Sports.
- Initialism of contact image sensor.
- (medicine, software, acronym, initialism) Abbreviation of clinical information system.
adjective
- (biology) Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.
- (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum.
- (chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.
- (chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are adjacent to each other.
- Cisgender (or sometimes cissexual): not trans (transgender or transsexual) nor non-binary.
- (proscribed) Alternative letter-case form of cis (“cisgender”). [(biology) Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.]
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Examples of "cis" in Sentences
- Comparison of cis and trans isomers.
- The term CIS is not used for the cervix.
- A CIS mandate can only be renewed by the CIS.
- I will confirm with the CIS on the facilities.