designer baby
noun/dɪˌzaɪnə ˈbeɪbi/
/dɪˌzaɪnər ˈbeɪbi/
- (used especially in newspapers) a baby that is born from an embryo that was selected from a number of embryos produced using IVF, in order to ensure the baby has or does not have particular genes that can treat or cause disease
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