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designer baby

designer baby noun: a child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents.

Noun

designer baby (plural designer babies)

  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

Forms of designer baby

pluraldesigner babies

Questions about designer baby

What does designer baby mean?
Designer baby means a child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents.
What part of speech is designer baby?
Designer baby is a noun.
What is the plural of designer baby?
The plural of designer baby is designer babies.

Words near designer baby in the dictionary

  1. designedst
  2. designee
  3. designees
  4. designer
  5. designer babies
  6. designer baby
  7. designer breed
  8. designer crossbreed
  9. designer dog
  10. designer dogs
  11. designer drug

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