designer baby


noun
  1. a baby developing from an embryo created by in-vitro fertilization and selected because it had or lacked particular genes, the genetic makeup often having been modified by genetic engineering.

Origin of designer baby

1
First recorded in 1980–85

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designer baby

noun
  1. informal a baby that is the product of genetic engineering

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