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CIS en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Initialisms.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) 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. 1998, PC Mag, volume 17, number 18, page 179:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of clinical information system.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of clinically isolated syndrome.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of customer information screen.

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Coordinates

RIS · PACS · EMR · HL7 · DICOM · HIS · EHR

Source: en.wiktionary, “CIS” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

CIS en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Initialisms.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Commonwealth of Independent States.
  2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Construction Industry Scheme.
  3. (Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
  4. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Clark International Speedway.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) 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. 2025 August 28, Caleb Kieffer, R.G. Cravens, “Homeland Security deploys white nationalist, anti-immigrant graphics to recruit”, in Southern Poverty Law Center:

Translations (33)

cs SNS (Commonwealth of Independent States) · ast CEI (Commonwealth of Independent States) · de GUS (Commonwealth of Independent States) · eu EIE (Commonwealth of Independent States) · da SNG (Commonwealth of Independent States) · af GOS (Commonwealth of Independent States) · bg ОНД (Commonwealth of Independent States) · lv NVS (Commonwealth of Independent States) · uk СНД (Commonwealth of Independent States) · ro CSI (Commonwealth of Independent States) · el ΚΑΚ (Commonwealth of Independent States) · hu FÁK (Commonwealth of Independent States) · fr CEI (Commonwealth of Independent States) · pl WNP (Commonwealth of Independent States) · br KSD (Commonwealth of Independent States) · pt CEI (Commonwealth of Independent States) · an CEI (Commonwealth of Independent States) · nb SUS (Commonwealth of Independent States) · be СНД (Commonwealth of Independent States) · et SRÜ (Commonwealth of Independent States) · tr BDT (Commonwealth of Independent States) · es CEI (Commonwealth of Independent States) · nl GOS (Commonwealth of Independent States) · sk SNŠ (Commonwealth of Independent States) · ja CIS (CIS) (Commonwealth of Independent States) · sv OSS (Commonwealth of Independent States) · ru СНГ (Commonwealth of Independent States) · hy ԱՊՀ (Commonwealth of Independent States) · ja 独立国家共同体 (Commonwealth of Independent States) · ca CEI (Commonwealth of Independent States) · ba БДБ (Commonwealth of Independent States) · nn SUS (Commonwealth of Independent States) · fi IVY (Commonwealth of Independent States)

Source: en.wiktionary, “CIS” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

CIS en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, not-comparable, proscribed) Alternative letter-case form of cis (“cisgender”).
    alt of cis