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In the 1984 anime series Super Dimensional Calvary Southern Cross, there are
some alien mechas called "bioroid/bioroido/bioloyd" (depending on the
translation) [Bioroids SDC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NdQyWewB7A). In
Appleseed there is an artificial species called bioroide [Appleseed
Bioroid](http://appleseed.wikia.com/wiki/Bioroid). And apparently in this
anime I don't know [Armitage III](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqLNTSDoSCg)
there is also a song called Bioroid so I assume there is something called
Bioroid in this anime. Where does this word come from? Does it come from
anime, does it come from japanese or does it come from sci-fi? Personally I've
only heard it in japanese animes.


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Why is "bioroide/bioroido/bioroid" used in different animes?


[Bioroid](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bioroid) is a word depicting a
artificially created, cybernetic or biologically organism. Where the roid
stands for [android](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/android) and bio for
[bio](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bio-).

This term is mainly used within the sci-fi genres, one which is broadly
covered by anime's as well.

So to to answer your question `Why is “bioroide/bioroido/bioroid” used in
different animes?`

It is term used within the sci-fi genre to depict artificially created
cybernetics.


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