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It is a Latin root that means "to cut". Words like Scissor, Incisor, and incision are all related to cutting

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The root word "cis" comes from Latin, meaning "on this side" or "at this place." It is commonly used in the context of chemistry to denote compounds where two substituents are on the same side of a double bond.

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The word cis mean to cut.

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