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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.

designer baby

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of designer baby1

First recorded in 1980–85

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