combining form
or cyano-
Etymology: German cyan-, zyan-, from Greek kyan-, kyano-, from kyanos dark blue enamel, lapis lazuli
1. : dark blue : blue
cyano type
cyan osis
2.
a. : cyanogen (sense 1)
cyan amide
cyano phoric
— compare isocyan-
b. now usually cyano- : containing cyanogen in place of hydrogen — in names of organic compounds
cyano benzoic 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
cyano auric acid
cyano ferrate
3. : cyanide
cyano genetic