designer baby

English

Noun

designer baby (plural designer babies)

1. A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents.
   • 2011, Tara Rodden Robinson, Genetics For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 315:

     In theory, a designer baby may be made-to-order according to a parent's desire for a particular sex, hair and eye color, and maybe even athletic ability.

Translations

A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents

• Japanese: デザイナーベビー (dezainābebī), デザイナーチャイルド (dezaināchairudo)
• Korean: 맞춤아기 (matchumagi), 맞춤형아기 (matchumhyeong'agi)
• Russian: ребёнок из проби́рки m (rebjónok iz probírki)