designer baby

noun

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

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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"It's such a personal decision and I know that I'm opening myself up for possible designer baby discussions, but I know I'm doing it for the right reasons."

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She compared the face-creating software to “designer baby” systems in which parents can choose the features of their children.

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And he shows how terms such as “test-tube baby” and “designer baby” are laced with cultural and religious judgements about how conception should proceed.

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Designer baby clothes are one of the many small absurd and irrational joys I take in life.

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It’s like the designer baby thing.

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designer designer dog

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