Bisa ga ƙamus, ma'anar "Frankenstein's Monster" yana nufin wani hali na almara da Dr. Victor Frankenstein ya halitta a cikin littafin Mary Shelley na 1818 "Frankenstein; ko, The Modern Prometheus." Sau da yawa ana bayyana ta a matsayin wata halitta ta ɗan adam wadda Frankenstein ke ƙirƙira ta hanyar wucin gadi ta hanyar amfani da sassan jiki daban-daban da aka samo daga tushe daban-daban kuma aka kawo ta ta hanyar gwajin kimiyya. Sau da yawa ana siffanta wannan hali a matsayin mai ban tsoro da rashin fahimta, yana fama da kasancewarsa da sakamakon da aka kawo shi rayuwa ba tare da izini ko fahimtar duniyar da ke kewaye da shi ba. Kalmar "Frankenstein's Monster" wani lokaci ana amfani da ita tare da haɗin gwiwa don komawa ga duk wani halitta na wucin gadi ko ƙirƙira wanda ake ganin yana da sakamakon da ba a yi niyya ba ko kuma ya fita daga sarrafawa.