| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| bioethics |
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| The application of ethics to the science and practice of biology, especially as modern science is applied to human life and reproduction. | 1 |
| ‡ With the advent of cloning and research on embryonic stem cells, bioethics has become an important branch of scientific inquiry. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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