cyborg

noun
/ˈsaɪ.bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/UK/ˈsaɪ.boɹɡ/US

Etymology

Blend of cybernetic + organism. Coined by Austrian neuroscientist Manfred Clynes in 1960.

  1. derived from organismus
  2. derived from *werǵ-
  3. compounded as cyborg — “cybernetic + organism

Definitions

  1. A being which is part machine and part organic.

    • I would not classify the Tin Woodman as magical robot, but more of a magical cyborg, if anything.
    • Prof. Clynes is a published poet and author of five books. He coined the word "cyborg". He also coined the word "sentics" to describe a new science entirely of his own devising.
  2. A human, animal or other being with electronic or bionic prostheses.

  3. To convert (something) into a cyborg.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyborg. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA