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Vinony

cis

adjective

  1. cisgender
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Likely originates from the false etymology asserting that cis is an initialism standing for comfortable in skin.

  1. Alternative letter-case form of cis (“cisgender”).

name

Etymology: Initialisms.

  1. Initialism of Commonwealth of Independent States.
  2. Initialism of Construction Industry Scheme.
  3. Initialism of Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
  4. Initialism of Clark International Speedway.
  5. Initialism of Center for Immigration Studies.

    “Bensman joins Jon Feere, another CIS alumnus who rejoined the Trump administration as ICE’s chief of staff. CIS Executive Director Mark Krikorian reposted DHS’ “Which Way, American Man” ad on X.”

noun

Etymology: Initialisms.

  1. Initialism of contact image sensor.

    “Because of its tabloid-size scanbed, the Plug-n-Scan has a large footprint that makes it very stable. On the other hand, being a CIS scanner, it's light and has a very low profile and is designed so that the scanner can be stood upright on its end and still function.”

  2. Initialism of clinical information system.
  3. Initialism of clinically isolated syndrome.
  4. Initialism of customer information screen.