designer baby
noun /dɪˌzaɪnə ˈbeɪbi/
/dɪˌzaɪnər ˈbeɪbi/
- (used especially in newspapers
) a baby that is born from an embryo that was selected from a number of embryos produced using IVF, in order to ensure the baby has or does not have particular genes that can treat or cause disease尤用于报纸 定制婴儿,设计婴儿(借助体外受精技术选取胚胎而生出的婴儿,以提供细胞治疗哥哥或姐姐的病)