bioethic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bio- +‎ ethic

Noun[edit]

bioethic (plural bioethics)

  1. A principle or system of bioethics.
    • 1998, Stephen E. Lammers, Allen Verhey, On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, page 39:
      The task of a Christian bioethic should be to order the practice of medicine so that it responds to this opportunity; so that it unveils rather than veils the deeper healing offered by the Church.
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