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The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
Examples
- 2006, Florencia Luna, Arleen L. F. Salles, One: Latin American Bioethics: Some Reflections, Florencia Luna (editor), Bioethics and Vulnerability: A Latin American View, page 9, Bioethics has been defined as the critical and systematic reflection on ethical issues in healthcare, biological and medical research, and public health. [...] In the United States, the emergence of modern bioethics has been characterized by a shift away from the religious and medical considerations that initially dominated the discourse to more philosophical and legal concepts.
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the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ethics, moral philosophy
Narrower terms: neuroethics
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English ethics English bioethics From bio- + ethics.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
bioètica
— branch of ethics
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Dutch:
bio-ethiek
— branch of ethics
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German:
Bioethik
— branch of ethics
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German:
Bio-Ethik
— branch of ethics
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Greek:
βιοηθική
(vioïthikí)
— branch of ethics
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Indonesian:
bioetika
— branch of ethics
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Indonesian:
bioetik
— branch of ethics
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Irish:
bitheitic
— branch of ethics
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Māori:
matatika koiora
— branch of ethics
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Polish:
bioetyka
— branch of ethics
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Spanish:
bioética
— branch of ethics
