单词	eugenics
释义	eugenicseu‧gen‧ics /juːˈdʒenɪks/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINeugenics Origin: 1800-1900 Greek eugenes ‘well born’, from genes ‘born’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After the Second World War, eugenics was superseded by genetics and micro-biology. By the late Thirties, eugenics was waning. In the United States eugenics became almost completely discredited. Ironically, some eugenics leaders were uneasy about their alliance because they felt it could compromise their then-respectable public image. Neither Hogben nor Haldane had any objection to a biologically based eugenics programme enforced by the state in a classless society. She wanted a child, so we signed up for the eugenics lottery. The medical profession was deeply divided over eugenics. word sets WORD SETS► Birth afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun the study of methods to improve the mental and physical abilities of the human race by choosing who should become parents – used to show disapproval
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