Board Thread:Eureka Moments/@comment-44706065-20200130194035/@comment-37443679-20200201222850

In organic chemistry, cis- means atoms on the same side of a carbon chain and trans- means on the opposite side of the chain. So cis- and trans- in the context of gender implies 'same as' and 'the opposite of'. Same Latin terminology in chemistry and biology.

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