Any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.

plural of cimbalon

(pharmacology) A histamine H₂-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach, mainly used to treat heartburn and peptic ulcers, but notorious for causing male impotence. It is a histamine analog, a sulfur-containing derivative of imidazole.

plural of cimeter

Alternative spelling of scimitar

(music) A cylindrical valved instrument in the low brass family, closely related to the trombone and normally pitched a fifth or an octave below the tenor and bass trombones.

plural of cimbasso

plural of cimicifuga

Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.

(countable) A member of a Germanic people who live in parts of northeast Italy.