eu|phen|ics

eu|phen|ics
eu|phen|ics «yoo FEHN ihks», noun.
a science dealing with ways of improving the human race after birth, especially by technological means such as organ transplantation and prosthetics: »

Attempts to control the basic characteristics of the organisms which develop under the influence of defective genetic constitutions have been spoken of…as ‘euphenic's, in contrast to ‘eugenic's, which tries to change the genetic constitution itself (John Newell).

[< eu- good + phen(otype) + -ics (coined by Joshua Lederberg, born 1925, American geneticist)]

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  • ics — isa·gog·ics; is·lam·ics; kin·e·mat·ics; log·ics; mag·net·ics; math·e·mat·ics; me·chan·ics; mel·is·mat·ics; meta·phys·ics; me·te·or·it·ics; mi·cro·me·rit·ics; mi·cro·phon·ics; mi·gra·tet·ics; mne·mon·ics; mono·stroph·ics; nu·cle·on·ics;… …   English syllables

  • euphenics — eu·phen·ics …   English syllables

  • EU — EU; Eu; eu·arc·tos; eu·as·ca·les; eu·ascomycetes; eu·as·co·my·cet·i·dae; eu·ascomycetous; eu·aster; eu·bacteria; eu·bac·te·ri·a·les; eu·bacterium; eu·ba·sid·i·ae; eu·ba·sid·ii; eu·bo·ic; eu·branchipus; eu·bryales; eu·caine; eu·cai·rite;… …   English syllables

  • euphenics — ☆ euphenics [yo͞o fen′iks ] n. 〚coined (1963) by Joshua Lederberg, U.S. geneticist /span> EU + phen (as in PHENOTYPE) + ICS, after EUGENICS …   Universalium

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  • a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

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