biocybernetics
noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction
bio·cy·ber·net·ics ¦bī-(ˌ)ō-ˌsī-bər-¦ne-tiks 
: cybernetics that emphasizes information flow and processing and regulatory pathways within biological systems (such as a living organism or the central nervous system)
… laboratories in the United States and Europe have shown unequivocally that by conscious effort a person can control some brain emissions, and with training can use this control in ways that nature never achieved. "Our subjects can't exactly describe what it is they learn to do," said Dr. Grant McMillan, director of the biocybernetics project at Wright Patterson's Aeronautical Systems Center.
Malcolm W. Browne, New York Times, 7 Mar. 1995
Malcolm W. Browne, New York Times, 7 Mar. 1995
Word History
First Known Use
1958, in the meaning defined above
- throw mud
- throw off
- throw off (his stride
- throw off her) stride
- throw on
- throw one's hands up
- throw one's hands up (in the air)
- throw one's hands up in the air
- throw one's hat in the ring
- throw one's hat into the ring
- throw one's influence behind
- throw one's weight about
- throw one's weight around
- throw one's weight behind
- throw oneself at
- throw oneself at (someone)
- throw oneself at someone
- throw oneself into
- throw oneself on the mercy of
- throw oneself on the mercy of (someone)
- throw oneself on the mercy of someone
- throw out
- throw out the baby with the bathwater
- throw out the welcome mat
- throw out the window