bioethicsnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbaɪ.əʊˌeθ.ɪks/us/ˈbaɪ.oʊˌeθ.ɪks/the study of what is right and wrong in new discoveries and techniques in biology, such as genetic engineering and the transplantation of organs:
The uproar led to the establishment of bioethics committees to oversee research.
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Morality and rules of behaviour
- antisocial
- book
- claim
- conscience
- decency
- double standard
- ethic
- moralize
- morally
- norm
- object lesson
- precept
- social contract
- spirit
- the rights and wrongs idiom
- the ways of the world idiom
- two wrongs don't make a right idiom
- value
- voice
- wrong
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