cyborg

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cy·borg

(sī′bôrg′)

An organism, often a human, that has certain physiological processes enhanced or controlled by mechanical or electronic devices, especially when they are integrated with the nervous system.

[cyb(ernetic) + org(anism).]

cyborg

(ˈsaɪˌbɔːɡ)

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (in science fiction) a living being whose powers are enhanced by computer implants or mechanical body parts

[C20: from cyb(ernetic) org(anism)]

cy•borg

(ˈsaɪ bɔrg)

n.

a person whose physiological functioning is enhanced by mechanical or electronic devices.

[1960–65; cyb(ernetic)org(anism)]

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cyborg - a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices; "a cyborg is a cybernetic organism"

bionic man, bionic woman

machine - an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"

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kyborg

cyborg

サイボーグ

киборг

cyborg

[ˈsaɪbɔːg] N → ciborg m, organismo m cibernético

cyborg

[ˈsaɪbɔː^rg] n → cyborg m

cyborg

n → Cyborg m, → Robotermensch m

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Schizophrenics & cyborgs: interrogating 'posthuman(ist)' subjectivity

Cyborg is short for cybernetic organism, which literally translated, means part human-part machine - I believe that this is the way forward for human evolution.