designer baby

noun

1. a baby developing from an embryo created by in-vitro fertilization and selected because it had or lacked particular genes, the genetic makeup often having been modified by genetic engineering.

designer baby

noun

1. informal.
   a baby that is the product of genetic engineering

Word History and Origins

Origin of designer baby¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

She compared the face-creating software to “designer baby” systems in which parents can choose the features of their children.

From Seattle Times

She compared the face-creating software to “designer baby” systems in which parents can choose the features of their children.

From Washington Post

And he shows how terms such as “test-tube baby” and “designer baby” are laced with cultural and religious judgements about how conception should proceed.

From Nature

Designer baby clothes are one of the many small absurd and irrational joys I take in life.

From Slate

It’s like the designer baby thing.

From The Verge