cis

/sɪs/

adjective

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    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.

adjective

  1. 1

    Cisgender (or sometimes cissexual): not trans (transgender or transsexual) or non-binary.

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