biomechatronicsn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)mɛkəˈtrɒnɪks/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌmɛkəˈtrɑnɪks/, /ˌbaɪəˌmɛkəˈtrɑnɪks/ With singular agreement. The branch of technology concerned with the design and development of mechatronic devices for replicating or augmenting body parts; (also, with plural agreement) mechatronic prostheses. Cf. bionics n.
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thermionics1909
hi-fi1938
photoelectronics1940
radionics1943
optoelectronics1959
acoustoelectronics1968
optronics1968
ovonics1968
mechatronics1976
molecular electronics1983
biomechatronics1988
1988 T. Noguchi in K. Urabe et al. Innovation & Managem. 310 This results in the creation of various types of systems-oriented hybrid materials and systems products as well as wide-area materials such as electronics materials..and wide-area products, such as opto-mechatronics and biomechatronics products.
2002 M. Fitzmaurice in R. G. Bushko Future Health Technol. Pref. p. v Since everybody will be augmented with biomechatronics, the word ‘disabled’ will not exist anymore.
2005 Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) (Nexis) 17 May 21 As the technology of biomechatronics progresses, even better knees will become available.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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