designer baby
English
Noun
designer baby (plural designer babies)
- A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents.
- 2011, Tara Rodden Robinson, Genetics For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 315:
- 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.
Translations
A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents
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