bioethical

American  

[bahy-oh-eth-ik-uhl] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈɛθ ɪk əl /

adjective

1. relating to or adhering to the principles of bioethics.

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Other Word Forms

• bioethically adverb

Example Sentences

Harbisson seized on this experience, but wanted more, by merging the technology with his own body - something Spain's bioethical committees repeatedly rejected.

From BBC

Thambisetty and other doctors also note that the plan does not address the serious bioethical concerns that come with testing healthy people for signs of Alzheimer’s.

From Los Angeles Times

As a medical student at Georgetown School of Medicine, I learned about bioethical principles from experts, including Edmund D. Pellegrino, at one of the oldest academic ethics centers in the world founded in 1971.

From Salon

The practice gives the impression “that these groups are a particularly special way of dividing up the human species, such that you capture something important about the structural variation. And that’s just not true,” said Oregon State University philosophy professor Jonathan Kaplan, who has written extensively on the bioethical issues in genetics research.

From Scientific American

One might imagine bioethical principles of medical practice would guard against the use of medical knowledge for malevolence—how could a doctor participate in an act designed to harm?

From Slate