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cyborg

cyborg

69 7.4
A person with part of their body replaced or helped by machines
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪbɔrg/
translation icon : ciborg
  • And yes, they really are cyborgs made from both living and artificial parts.
  • human cyborg

And they eventually may upgrade their own brains so that they are cyborgs, They are post biological beings.

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Examples

  • Judging from his brand new ground car and his expensive clothes, the cyborg could buy anything he wanted.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Many films explore the idea of a cyborg who struggles to balance human emotions and machine logic.

  • Turning, the cyborg walked around the side of the bar and towards the parking lot.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • You bring a cyborg with robot legs into my house?

  • The noble savage is reincarnated as a cyborg: a being part human and part machine.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The flesh they put on the cyborgs is normal human tissue.

  • Sure, this cyborg looks human, but behind that pretty face lives an intergalactic robot of unimaginable power!

    Academic text (2011)
  • In the futuristic city, the hero is a cyborg equipped with advanced robotic limbs.

  • The scientist created a cyborg that could think and feel like a human, yet operate with the efficiency of a machine.

Synonyms

bionic man
vscyborg
1 6.7

A man with artificial body parts that help him move or work

is gender neutral and covers any person with mechanical or electronic enhancements
manbot
vscyborg
1 9.3

A being part human and part robot that looks or acts like a man

refers to a person enhanced by devices rather than a constructed robot
bionic woman
vscyborg
8.2

A woman who has part of her body replaced or helped by machines, often in science fiction

is gender neutral and applies to any person with such enhancements

How Enhanced

posthuman
  • Specialized
1 9.9
transhuman
  • Jargon
9.1
cyborg
69 7.4
human
1.0

Surface Forms

cyborg singular
cyborgs plural

Morphology

cyborg = cyber + organism (transparent) = cyber + borg

The word is a deliberate blend of 'cyber' and 'organism', and learners who know those bases can readily infer a partly mechanical or electronic organism.

Etymology

Cyborg comes from joining cyber (about 'machines') and organism ('living body'). So a cyborg is a living body with machine parts inside it, which explains why the word means a person partly made of machines.