Cir"so*cele (?), n. [Gr. &?; a dilated vein + &?; tumor.] (Med.) The varicose dilatation of the spermatic vein.
Cir"soid (?), a. [Gr. &?; a dilated vein + -oid.] (Med.) Varicose.
Cirsoid aneurism, a disease of an artery in which it becomes dilated and elongated, like a varicose vein.
Cir*sot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; a dilated vein + &?; to cut.] (Surg.) Any operation for the removal of varices by incision. Dunglison.
Cis- (?). A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side.
Cis*al"pine (?), a. [L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side + Alpinus Alpine.] On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
Cis`at*lan"tic (?), a. [Pref. cis- + Atlantic.] On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. Story.
Cis"co (?), n. (Zo÷l.) The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.
||Ci`se*lure" (?), n. [F.] The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased. Weale.
Cis*lei"than (?), a. [Pref. cis- + Leitha.] On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.
Cis*mon"tane (?), a. [Pref. cis- + L. mons mountain.] On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.
Cis"pa*dane` (?), a. [Pref. cis- + L. Padanus, pert. to the Padus or Po.] On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.
Cis"soid (?), n. [Gr. &?; like ivy; &?; ivy + &?; form.] (Geom.) A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines.