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cyan-

combining form or cyano-

Etymology: German cyan-, zyan-, from Greek kyan-, kyano-, from kyanos dark blue enamel, lapis lazuli

1. : dark blue : blue

cyanotype

cyanosis

2.

a. : cyanogen (sense 1)

cyanamide

cyanophoric

— compare isocyan-

b. now usually cyano- : containing cyanogen in place of hydrogen — in names of organic compounds

cyanobenzoic acid

c. now usually cyano- : containing cyanogen regarded as replacing hydroxyl or oxygen or as coordinated to a central atom — in names of inorganic acids and salts

cyanoauric acid

cyanoferrate

3. : cyanide

cyanogenetic

Useful english dictionary. 2012.