cyborgize

English

Etymology

cyborg + -ize

Verb

cyborgize (third-person singular simple present cyborgizes, present participle cyborgizing, simple past and past participle cyborgized)

  1. to make or become a cyborg.
    • 2005, Daniel Dinello, Technophobia!: science fiction visions of posthuman technology, University of Texas Press
      Those who choose not to cyborgize may face the scorn of the superhumans who do, according to British cybernetics professor Kevin Warwick, who has already had a silicon chip implanted in his arm.
    • 2011, Donna Spalding Andréolle, Veronique Molinari, Women and Science, 17th Century to Present: Pioneers, Activists and Protagonists, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (→ISBN), page 233:
      She is almost totally cyborgized except for a small number of human brain cells. Her apparently female body is a mere shell to encase a cybernetic entity.
    • 2018, Frank Carey, Aurora, Frank Carey (→ISBN)
      "I don't know what you're talking about, and if I did, why don't you just cyborgize me and get the codes directly from my brain.
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