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bioethics bi·o·eth·ics (bī'ō-ěth'ĭks)
n.
The study of the ethical and moral implications of new biological discoveries and biomedical advances, as in the fields of genetic engineering and drug research.
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bioethics  (bī'ō-ěth'ĭks) Pronunciation Key
The study of the ethical and moral implications of Medical research and practice. |
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bioethics definition
The application of ethics to the science and practice of biology, especially as modern science is applied to human life and reproduction.
Note: With the advent of cloning and research on embryonic stem cells, bioethics has become an important branch of scientific inquiry.
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bioethics
branch of applied ethics that studies the philosophical, social, and legal issues arising in medicine and the life sciences. It is chiefly concerned with human life and well-being, though it sometimes also treats ethical questions relating to the nonhuman biological environment. (Such questions are studied primarily in the independent fields of environmental ethics [see environmentalism] and animal rights.)
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