bioethicsn.
/ˌbʌɪəʊˈɛθɪks/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈɛθɪks/ With singular agreement. The discipline dealing with ethical issues relating to the practice of medicine and biology or arising from advances in these subjects. Also: the ethical issues themselves.
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bioethics1970
1970 Van R. Potter in Perspectives Med. & Biol. 14 128 I propose the term ‘bioethics’ in order to emphasize the two most important ingredients in achieving the new wisdom that is so desperately needed: biological knowledge and human values.
1977 Ann. Royal College Physicians & Surgeons of Canada 10 130/1 Because of its strong component of moral and religious values, bioethics is a delicate and difficult subject.
1978 Observer 30 July 9/3 The first successful completion of a pregnancy begun in the laboratory does raise some interesting issues. They fall into that area of debate which the Americans call..‘bio-ethics’.
1989 Mod. Maturity Aug.–Sept. 74/1 The doctrine of informed consent is well established in law and bio-ethics.
2005 R. J. Sawyer Mindscan xxix. 210 Drawing the line between personhood and nonpersonhood has represented one of the greatest challenges in bioethics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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