saviour siblingnoun [ C ]
UK US savior sibling uk/ˈseɪ.vjə ˌsɪb.lɪŋ/us/ˈseɪ.vjɚ ˌsɪb.lɪŋ/a child who is born with particular genes that have been chosen in order to treat an older brother or sister who has a disease
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- Human Genome Project
- inheritance
- mutation
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
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