Cis

Quick meaning: Cis is an adjective meaning (biology) Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum.
2. Cisgender (or sometimes cissexual): not trans (transgender or transsexual) nor non-binary.
3. (physical 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.
4. (physical chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are adjacent to each other.

Example Sentences

The cis effect is the labilization of ligands which are cis to certain other ligands.

However, a cis double bond causes a kink in the chain. (A cis double bond introduces a bend of about 42 into the linear hydrocarbon chain.)

A cis double bond is one where the hydrogen atoms are both on the same side. In contrast, a trans double bond has them on the opposite side.

We're demonized and criminalized as perverts out to trick and deceive cis hetero men; therefore anything that happens to us, we 'had coming.'

Antonyms for cis

Common opposites include trans.

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