Definition of "cis" [cis]

• The function . (noun)
• 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). (adjective)

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• "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)."
• "If nothing else, you have definitely made me understand the problem with the term cis-gendered a term I’ve previously liked."
• "I don’t think that there are any people in these threads who hold those views (trans-ness as inherently radical), but I do know a few people in person who hold those views, and I think it was from one of them (who is himself non-trans) that I learned the term cis-gendered."