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bioethically

bioethically adverb: in a bioethical sense.

Adverb

bioethically (comparative more bioethically, superlative most bioethically)

  1. In a bioethical sense.
    • Knowingly giving a person a placebo when there is an effective treatment available is a bioethically complex issue.

Forms of bioethically

comparativemore bioethically
superlativemost bioethically

Origin of bioethically

From bioethical + -ly.

Questions about bioethically

What does bioethically mean?
Bioethically means in a bioethical sense.
What part of speech is bioethically?
Bioethically is an adverb.

Words near bioethically in the dictionary

  1. bioessentialists
  2. bioethanol
  3. bioethanols
  4. bioethic
  5. bioethical
  6. bioethically
  7. bioethicist
  8. bioethicists
  9. bioethics
  10. bioevaluation
  11. bioevaluations

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