Etymology

cyborg

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Today it means: A being which is part machine and part organic. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of cybernetic + organism. Coined by Austrian-born scientist and musician Manfred Clynes in 1960.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.