Meanings
noundesigner baby (plural designer babies)
plural designer babies
- 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
Translations
Japanese デザイナーベビー, デザイナーチャイルド
- デザイナーベビー (dezainābebī)A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents
- デザイナーチャイルド (dezaināchairudo)A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents
Korean 맞춤아기, 맞춤형아기
- 맞춤아기 (matchumagi)A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents
- 맞춤형아기 (matchumhyeong'agi)A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents
Russian ребёнок из проби́рки
- ребёнок из проби́рки (rebjónok iz probírki)A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents
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