Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A terra introduced by Haeckel to designate a physiological individual as contrasted with a morphon or morphological individual.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Biol.) The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or
morphon .
Etymologies
- Back-formation from bionic. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“[372] The bion is the physiological, as the morphon is the morphological, individual.”
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
“The bion is a mini-neurostimulator with an integrated electrode and battery that can be externally recharged and programmed, Dr. Goadsby and colleagues said.”
“The device, called a bion, is a rechargeable battery-powered electrode, similar in size to a matchstick.”
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Monorail kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Wud hab bion teh funneh if Maru haded pop-ded som bubblez.”
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“Coca-Cola commercial: Drink Coca-Cola, gain a bion...”
“Hostage within his own still body, Nog could only watch now as one bion reached above him.”
“Just in time to give Nog a brief, shocking glimpse of a bion.”
“Considering his present circumstances, he could be a prisoner of war, which meant he should say nothing, even though he knew his eventual fate would be to become a bion.”
“In order to better visualize the rumination Reich placed bion culture dishes inside a metal-lined, wooden box, thinking that the metal would reflect the radiation to the inside of the box, thereby making it more visible, while the wood would prevent the radiation from escaping.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bion’.
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Humanoids
Magical, mechanical, or medical. All man-made.
golem, android, humanoid, Frankenstein, inukshuk, bioroid, replicant, biorobot, automaton, gynoid, droid, cyborg and 12 more...
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
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