biocyberneticsn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪbəˈnɛtɪks/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌsaɪbərˈnɛdɪks/ With singular agreement. The branch of cybernetics that deals with the control and communication systems of living organisms.
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1958 E. L. Mascall Importance of Being Human i. 7 This position has been argued with great emphasis from the standpoint of the youthful sciences of biocybernetics and the theory of servo-mechanisms.
1962 Lancet 10 Mar. 498/2 Biocybernetics, the science of organismal organisation, the study of the foundation of life.
1986 N.Y. Times 18 May s 4/1 We have books on the inner games of tennis, golf, soccer, and skiing and more magazines on biocybernetics than there are security cops at Yankee Stadium.
2001 R. Glaser Biophysics i. 3 While regulation and control of biological systems had been subjects of research before, biocybernetics has given further important inspiration to biophysics.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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