| Definition | of or pertaining to bionics; having or being an artificial, esp. electromechanical, device that replaces part of the body; having ordinary human capabilities increased (as if) by the aid of such devices. |
| OED requirements | antedating 1963 |
| Earliest cite | IEEE Trans, Military Electronics |
| Last modified | 18 February, 2005 |
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| 1988 N. Stephenson Zodiac i. 11, | I threw myself on the mercy of Esmerelda, a black librarian of somewhere between ninety and a hundred who contained within her bionic hairdo all knowledge, or the ability to find it. |
| 1998 W. Shatner Spectre Prologue 3 | The fingertips of her natural right hand almost but not quite aligned with the crude bionic structure that served as her left hand. |