Complete Definition of "cis-"

English
Etymology
Latin preposition cis (on this side of)
Prefix
cis-

  1. on this side of.

#chemistry describing a compound in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.
#*Note: also used without the hyphen as a pseudo-adjective.

Translations
Russian: �и�- (tsis-)

Antonyms
trans-
ultra-

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