Full record for bionic adj.

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

Citations for bionic adj.

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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.