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☆ eu·phen·ics (yo̵̅o̅ fen′iks)

noun

a movement seeking to improve the human species by modifying the biological development of the individual, as through prenatal gene manipulation with chemicals

Etymology: coined (1963) by Joshua Lederberg, U.S. geneticist < eu- + phen- (as in phenotype) + -ics, after eugenics

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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