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Eugenics
(redirected from Genetic cleansing)

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eu·gen·ics (y-jnks)
n.
The study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding.
Eugenics
A social movement in which the population of a society, country, or the world is to be improved by controlling the passing on of hereditary information through mating.
Mentioned in: Gene Therapy


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