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designer baby en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents.
   • In theory, a designer baby may be made-to-order according to a parent's desire for a particular sex, hair and eye color, and maybe even athletic ability. 2011, Tara Rodden Robinson, Genetics For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 315:

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Translations (5)

ja デザイナーチャイルド (A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents) · ja デザイナーベビー (A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents) · ko 맞춤아기 (A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents) · ko 맞춤형아기 (A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents) · ru ребёнок из проби́рки (A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents)