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nanobot, n.
Brit. |ˈnanə(ʊ)bɒt|, U.S. |ˈnænoʊˌbɑt|
[‹ nano- comb. form + -bot comb. form. Compare slightly earlier nanorobot n. at nano- comb. form Affix 1b(a).]
A hypothetical nanoscale self-propelled machine, esp. one that has some degree of autonomy and can reproduce; a nano-robot.
[1989DNA Mutation Elimination in sci.nanotech (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Apr. The target DNA is read and a ‘checksum’ is computed. Then, a population of nanorobots is bred to know this particular checksum... The nanorobots are released into the bloodstream of the target individual.] 1989Re: DNA Mutation Elimination in sci.nanotech (Usenet newsgroup) 2 May Wouldn't want to blast a cell because a nanobot spotted a strand of DNA for a mitochondrian [sic] and mistook it for a malformed gene. 1990Guardian (Nexis) 13 Apr. The scanning aspect of microsurgery will be outmoded by the routine deployment of surgically equipped ‘nanobots’ that actually inch along the insides of patients. 1993B. Kosko Fuzzy Thinking (1994) xiii. 251 Swarms of nanobots in the air might eat pollutants and acid rain and keep the ozone layer strong. 2003B. McKibben Enough (U.K. ed.) ii. 84 Medical ‘nanobots’ might cruise our bloodstreams, attacking pathogens within our bodies. |