Definition of trans
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a : transgender The Affordable Care Act included trans health care in many places and that was a remarkable step in the right direction for trans people, but in some ways it still remained difficult to receive personalized and comprehensive transgender healthcare.— Alexa Corazón
b : transsexual
2 chemistry : characterized by having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a double bond or of the plane of a ring in a molecule
3 genetics : relating to or being an arrangement of two very closely linked genes in the heterozygous condition in which one mutant allele and one wild-type allele are on each of the two homologous chromosomes — compare cis sense 3
trans
abbreviationDefinition of trans (Entry 2 of 3)
trans-
prefixDefinition of trans- (Entry 3 of 3)
1 : on or to the other side of : across : beyond
transatlantic
2a : beyond (a specified chemical element) in the periodic table
transuranium
b : trans
trans-dichloro-ethylene — compare cis- sense 2
3 : through
transcutaneous
4 : so or such as to change or transfer
transliterate translocation transamination transship
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The first known use of trans was in 1892
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