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cyborg

cy·borg

UK/ˈsaɪ.bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/ US/ˈsaɪ.boɹɡ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices

  • “a cyborg is a cybernetic organism”
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Origin

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

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