noun. A prefix of Latin origin, signifying ‘on this side of,’ forming adjectives with names of rivers, mountains, etc.

noun. A genus of xylophagous coleopterous insects, giving name to a family Cioidæ or Cisidæ.

noun. An abbreviation (in cis θ) for (cos θ + i sin θ): in function theory: as, x = ξ + i η = ρ (cos θ + i sin θ) = ρ cis θ.

adjective. Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.

adjective. Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum.

adjective. (properly cis-) Describing a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.

adjective. Cisgender or cissexual: not trans (transgender or transsexual).

noun. The function .

noun. an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991

"I suspect that people who are offended by the term cis-gendered have probably mostly heard it used by people (trans or non-trans) who take the position that the trans in transgender refers to transgressing gender, by people who view being transgender as a radical act in relation to the gender system (with the implication that it is the radical act in relation to the gender system)."

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