"bion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bions [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation of bionic. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|bionic}} Back-formation of bionic Head templates: {{en-noun}} bion (plural bions)
  1. (science fiction) A cyborg or robot. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Orgonomy, Robotics Related terms: bionic
    Sense id: en-bion-en-noun-iD5TlmCN Disambiguation of Orgonomy: 49 51 Disambiguation of Robotics: 55 45 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bion (plural bions)
  1. The smallest microscopic unit of orgone. Categories (topical): Orgonomy, Robotics
    Sense id: en-bion-en-noun-OWe-bP6q Disambiguation of Orgonomy: 49 51 Disambiguation of Robotics: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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