cyborg

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈsaɪ.bɔː(r)ɡ/

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Noun

Singular cyborg

Plural cyborgs

1. (science fiction) Mixing of cybernetic and organism, a cyborg is a being, usually human, that has an important part of mechanical/robotic devices in his or her body. He or she still has an organic brain, contrary to a robot.
2. (science fiction) A true robot that has a relation with organic life, such as looking like a normal human being or having a human soul inside.

   Terminator is a cyborg.

Related words

• cybernetic
• organism